It was the 1926 when society was dichotomized by F. Scott Fitzgerald between who goes to Palm Beach and who goes to the French Riviera. Then 50 years later, the Deauville American Film Festival brought red carpet frenzy to the coasts of Normandie. Hollywood stars and their entourage flew over the ocean to be received with red carpet treatment, by paparazzi and accolades of screaming and ecstatic fans.
Maybe it all looked like what now could be Sundance?
Point is: a then-alive and camera-shy Andy Warhol was photographed by British photog Steve Wood. No journalist considered news-worthy interviewing the artist at a film festival and images were never used. They only came out 20 ears later. (the whole article on Interview Magazine)
A scenario impossible to think of in today’s media state-of-the-union, when anyone would have stolen a snap shot of Andy and Instagrammed, tweeted or posted on Facebook. Even if was only a glance or a blurred picture. Then the wave of bloggers and social media addicted would have made it imperative for a journalist to interview him.
So, is it the artist that makes the news or the street scene and social media sharing that makes the news worthy?
