Hollywood actors are not alone in their aversion to being photographed.
Marina Garnier, who has been shooting celebrities and socialites since Spy magazine was lambasting “short-fingered vulgarians” and “churlish dwarf millionaires” in the ’80s, says corporate titans are equally camera-shy — especially hedge funder Daniel Loeb and Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt.
In March, when Garnier snapped Loeb at the Art Dealers Association of America art show, she said, “He came at me in a menacing way and hissed: ‘I just don’t want to have my picture taken.’
“In April, I caught him again at the Harlem Children’s Zone, where he is a sponsor, sitting at a table, waving me away with a fork in his hand, looking happier, but still mad.”
As for Schmidt? “He thinks he can order photographers not to take his picture when he arrives at Carnegie Hall,” Garnier said, but “he’s finally beginning to relax about it. Last Thursday, he showed up at Town Hall to see Carla Bruni sing and mustered a smile.”