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this is what the definition of the job is:

Paparazzi is a plural term (paparazzo being the singular form^[1][2]) for photographers who take candid photographs of celebrities, usually by relentlessly shadowing them in their public and private activities. Celebrities claiming to have been hounded by such photographers often use "paparazzi" as a pejorative term^[3] while news agencies commonly use the word in a broader sense to describe all photographers who take pictures of people of note.^{[4] (thanks to wikipedia)}