Patrick McMullan, the photographer with the world's largest archive of living subjects, didn't shoot the Vanity Fair Oscar party this year for the first time since the magazine began throwing it in 1994? Turns out the Getty/WireImage photo agency had exclusive rights to cover the star-studded bash. "They had the monopoly. I could have gone to the party, but I couldn't have shot it," McMullan told Page Six. "They're trying to take over the world. It's like 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers.' " McMullan heard WireImage paid the glossy $200,000 for the exclusive rights. "I don't blame Vanity Fair," he said. One source said no money changed hands. A rep for VF said: "We decided to simplify things this year and go with a single distributor for the photos from inside the party, and Getty and WireImage have the largest distribution." -NY Post Page Six
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Patrick McMullan, the photographer with the world's largest archive of living subjects, didn't shoot the Vanity Fair Oscar party this year for the first time since the magazine began throwing it in 1994? Turns out the Getty/WireImage photo agency had exclusive rights to cover the star-studded bash. "They had the monopoly. I could have gone to the party, but I couldn't have shot it," McMullan told Page Six. "They're trying to take over the world. It's like 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers.' " McMullan heard WireImage paid the glossy $200,000 for the exclusive rights. "I don't blame Vanity Fair," he said. One source said no money changed hands. A rep for VF said: "We decided to simplify things this year and go with a single distributor for the photos from inside the party, and Getty and WireImage have the largest distribution." -NY Post Page Six
