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The 2024 Met Gala will be themed "Sleeping Beauty: Awakening Fashion", with celebrities from all walks of life showcasing their unique styles, including representatives of Western pop music and fashion, as well as stars in the Kpop field.
This is the first time that two groups in the Korean Kpop field have participated in the Met Gala.
The attendance of the two groups of celebrities occupied the top few of the hot search list in South Korea.
The Stray Kids were at the Met Gala for the first time and were in good spirits, but they were treated unfairly by photographers.
This made all fans very angry, and they launched a crusade against the photographer on social media, demanding that he come out and apologize.
But the bad performance of the photographed star covered up by the fans made the photographer no matter how wrong he was, and it was not a racist hat.
Regarding this incident, I would like to analyze with you two points of view, as well as some possible misunderstandings in this incident.
1. Highlights of the Met Gala performance.
The theme of the 2024 Met Gala is "Sleeping Beauty: Awakening Fashion", although the theme is Sleeping Beauty, but the stars all show their unique style and temperament, making the theme of "Sleeping Beauty" more varied and flexible.
This time, the lineup can get tens of thousands of votes, a star lineup.
赞达亚、J.Lo、A妹、卡戴珊家族 female都是一票难求的顶级流量。
Jlo changed her makeup and outfit and became more coquettish.
Sister A, like the elders of their family, has a high pursuit of fashion, and the Kardashian family has always been the vane of the fashion industry, almost always with a sense of freshness.
The traffic Xiaosheng flowers are not to be outdone, the stars are gathered, and everyone will take pictures when they see it.
But among the stars, there are two Kpop groups "ambushed".
The two groups are Stray Kids and ATEEZ, although they are very well-known in the Kpop field in Korea and even around the world, their popularity overseas is not as high as that of Western traffic stars.
So their presence did not attract much attention and was quickly put backstage by the organizers.
But it didn't take long for the Met Gala to end, and people suddenly remembered that this time the Met Gala was attended by two groups of Korean Kpop stars.
What do they look like?
Then some netizens posted some photos about them on social media, and after the fans saw it, they made a sound like a frying pot.
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These two groups of stars participated in the Met Gala, and they were obviously very good stars, but they were treated unfairly by photographers on the red carpet.
When the Met Gala was broadcast live, the appearance of their group also aroused many people's memories, these two groups are very well-known in South Korea and even the world, especially the Stray Kids group, which has a very high status in the Kpop circle, as an ancestor, it is a very prominent group in the Kpop camp in South Korea and even the world, so when they appeared, they quickly attracted people's attention.
But at that time, the photographer didn't give them a chance to take pictures at all, and said, "Come on, this is the Met Gala is not a game, and your expressions are still weird, right?"
2. "Don't show your face, okay, trouble".
One was doing work, and this was the first thing the photographer said when he saw Stray Kids and his party on the red carpet, which was already a little unpleasant.
However, his attitude will only get worse and worse, but Stray Kids and his party did not touch his bottom line at all, let him keep shooting, just complaining: "Why are your expressions so single, you don't see the understanding of the theme at all, are you all asleep, this obviously shows that you don't respect this link at all, trouble go far, you don't have anything to shoot, it's trouble."
The photographer's words are too much!
The Met Gala is a world-famous fashion event, and the stars of every red carpet are very important, and Stray Kids and his party are also participating in the Met Gala for the first time, and as the organizer, they gave them such a warm reception, so that they did not have the enthusiasm to participate from the beginning.
But they still persevered, but after they left, the photographer didn't pay attention to their group, not only did they not say that they would not take pictures, but some celebrities did not take pictures of them when they passed by, but their entourage took pictures of them.
And he said on the side: "There are no more people like you, you can still take normal photos!"
Stray Kids fans also saw their group appear during the live broadcast, but when the photographer was so unhelpful, they also took the shot aside and put their hearts on the red carpet, and the performance of Stray Kids and his party was exactly what the photographer looked down on: they always took the red carpet very seriously, meticulous, but always paid attention to their expressions and did not destroy the etiquette of the red carpet, which made their fans very angry and gathered together:" What can we do to see Stray Kids members endure injustice from photographers on the red carpet?"
The fans of the members of Stray Kids are very rights-conscious, and they gathered together step by step, and they once again raised their voices: "We strongly ask this photographer to come forward to apologize, you shouldn't discriminate against celebrities so much, you gave other celebrities a photo, but they gave them the opportunity to take pictures, they always take the red carpet seriously, they don't let go of their figure, and they don't have any disrespectful behavior, your words and deeds are too much!"
After learning about this incident, foreign netizens not only did not have any curiosity and surprise, but were very calm, and some felt: "This photographer is not racist, but their expressions on the red carpet are really bad, as photographers, they are indeed qualified to complain that posing is not good, but they have her reasons for doing so, and they should stand up and explain, they are not not allowed to shoot."
But if they continue to shoot, they will only receive photos posed by celebrities, and the photographer also has a high reputation in the industry, so the photographer may have higher expectations for them, so he will talk like that, which is not racist. ”
Stray Kids and his party took the photo very seriously, didn't say anything from the beginning, and always abided by the etiquette on the red carpet.
So the photographer said "Please!"
"If you don't take pictures well, stay away" It doesn't matter at all, the photographer also broke these words when he said this: "Your expressions really can't be taken, so don't stay away, take pictures of other celebrities, and take some normal photos."
But they don't have any drastic actions, but photographers are "influenced" by them in their work, venting their inner helplessness, and their normal work will be hindered, if their own performance is better, such things will not happen, and photographers are not victims?
There are many celebrities who have had unpleasant conflicts with photographers, and it should be that when they were not stuck in the team, some photographers took a photo, but it was discovered by the star's team, and then asked to delete the photo.
Although there are no rules that the photographer does not follow in this process, it makes people feel that the star is too arrogant.
Sometimes there are similar small conflicts between photographers and celebrities, photographers complain that celebrities are not good at taking pictures, but these small contradictions are trivial things, if there is inappropriate behavior and language between celebrities and photographers, photographers will also come up to vent their remarks, but they have much more ordinary rights than celebrities!
Once at the Shanghai International Film Festival, when the photographer was taking pictures, he took a photo of Wang Yibo, but there was a dispute between Wang Yibo's staff and the photographer, both sides were very stubborn, and the matter was not resolved in the end, but after a while, this photo circulated on the Internet, and there were many other celebrities and photographers, and there was a farce.
And some celebrities don't have such behavior in this regard.
3. Conclusion: How to balance the professional requirements of photography with respect for stars.
In public, photographers and celebrities will naturally interact, on the one hand, the photographer will take photos with the performance of the celebrity, but at the same time, it is also necessary to respect the personal privacy and preferences of the celebrity, which needs to be balanced, and the two parties need to live in harmony.
Met Gala is a fashion event with scale and momentum, many foreign photographers have certain requirements for the angle control of stars, but for the Kpop combination in the star lineup, photographers may lower their requirements, so their performance is not good, and some even don't take photos directly, but as photographers, they also need to respect an international fashion event like them.
In overseas fashion events, disputes between celebrities and photographers, such things often happen, for celebrities and photographers have very high professional requirements, but they often have to cooperate with each other, but if there is such a misunderstanding, spread on social media, it will be seen by more people, everyone's understanding of such misunderstanding is only a little, and it does not necessarily have a deep understanding of the incident itself.
In such a misunderstanding, it is easy to cause a wide range of heated discussions, and it is easy to cause controversy, and the controversy is not necessarily objective, there are also some non-objective remarks, the incident involves racism, which is inappropriate, between celebrities and photographers, there is a relatively high status and rights, what kind of treatment and interaction should be, should be resolved as soon as possible, and for the outside world's remarks, they do not need to care.
1. The photographer was inappropriate in language, and did not fail to shoot Stray Kids.
The photographer never said that he wanted to take pictures of Stray Kids, he couldn't say that they were racist, but their English communication skills were limited, and they didn't know how to speak well, they always took the red carpet very seriously, and they didn't commit anything disrespectful, only because of their bad performance, so the photographer would vent like this, and Korean fans gathered together to launch an investigation into the photographer after the incident, but the incident eventually subsided.
It's not uncommon for photographers and celebrities to have similar relationships, just ordinary work, but appearing at such a fashion event is even more striking.
In public, there are some small contradictions, this kind of thing is not nothing, but Stray Kids' fans are more active, and the requirements for celebrities are also very high, if the photographer complains that the star is not good at taking pictures, the star is not called a bad shot, but the photographer is uncomfortable in his heart, and some remarks from the outside world kidnapped them, and the incident looks at it from a distance, it is nothing more than the interaction between the photographer and the star, but it is not good.
Second, the photographer's inner unhappiness cannot be imposed on the star.
The public will only see their bad words, but they don't see how painful the photographer's heart is, if the photographer's heart, it will be bad, the public still needs the photographer and the star, mutual respect, although photography