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Hollywood Raw Podcast

The Paparazzi Behind The Infamous Taylor Swift & Harry Styles Photos Tells All w/ Stan the Photog

Hollywood Raw Podcast

Hurrdat Media

News, Entertainment News

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Dax Holt and Adam Glyn welcome their friend and seasoned paparazzi, Stan, who shares his fascinating journey through the world of celebrity photography. As the trio dives into Stan's experiences, he recounts the challenges and triumphs of capturing iconic images of stars like Taylor Swift and Harry Styles, revealing the intricacies behind some of his most lucrative shots. Stan discusses the adrenaline rush of spotting celebrities in New York City, the evolving landscape of paparazzi work, and the unique dynamics he navigates with various celebrities. With a mix of humor and raw honesty, this episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes world of celebrity culture!   Don’t miss a thing! Follow Hollywood Raw on Insta, Facebook, and Twitter. Dax Holt -Insta / Twitter Adam Glyn -Insta / Twitter Stan - Insta / YouTube   This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:26.1

now probably freezing his ass off while i'm sitting here in a pair of shorts and i'm not trying to rub it in

0:31.5

but that's just reality because he chooses to live in a cold daint area uh adam how are you buddy i'm cold I'm cold, but I'm good. It's just so cold right now. It's hard to work in New York. I mean, I had some tips the other day, and it's just, first of all, my camera dies and as soon as I put it in my battery, starts to go real quick. And then, like, nobody wants to talk to me because you spend $2,500 for glam. And then you want to get messed up by taking 40 seconds, or talking to me at a windy street. Like, so nobody wants to talk to me. So it's like I can't really work. Can't work. Well, so. Yeah. Well, today's episode is going to be a fun one because it is someone who is in the same line of industry as you.

1:12.7

We are bringing on one of your buddies who is at paparatsu, who's been doing this for a long time,

1:17.5

and he's going to talk about all of his big photo sets and the big celebs that he has ran into who gets him starstruck.

1:25.6

What's made him the most money?

1:27.0

We will get into all of that

1:28.7

with your buddy stan coming up um any uh you run into anyone lately at all uh i mean i ran into

1:37.3

i mean nothing crazy like to me honestly like it's like summer it's like summer house people

1:43.2

and uh like nothing nothing that i'm blown away by but it's like summer it's like summer it's like summer house people and uh like nothing

1:45.3

nothing that i'm blown away by but it's more just like fun type people yeah but stan who's

1:51.9

coming on the podcast day stan has shot everyone from harry he you know there's celebrities that i get

1:57.5

tips for that i don't even go for because i know they don't like it i I know they're not going to talk to me. However, those are people that are actually usually good for Stan. So like, for example, I got a tip the other day for Hillary Duff. I'm not going to go for Hillary Duff because she's not going to talk to me. It's not worth my time. However, photographers, they'll go for that. So he gets people that I usually don't work. Um, because

2:18.9

you guys aren't conflicting each other. We're not conflicting. We're not competition. We actually work

2:23.0

together sometimes. Stan's like, and what I like about Stan too, who's on the podcast day,

2:27.9

Stan shoots like he rides his bike around the city and just spots people, just like that,

2:32.7

rides around Soho, the West Village, Greenwich Village, East Village, just rides around and bumps and just spots people just like that rides around soho the west village green village uh east village just rides around bumps into things and you'd be surprised at how many times you you know if you walk around New York City and you like keep the I have that in the back of your mind like you'll run into more celebrities than you think some people like how I never run into anybody for it. You're not looking at it. Yeah. If you, when you look up and sort of like a little bit present, you'd be surprised how many people you run into. And I had that the other day. It was a little bit. It was like 40 degree day. I was walk around Soho. And within like every 15 minutes, I was like bumping into someone. Now it wasn't like the most most substantial people it was like an old SNL cast member to a singer like you know but they're recognizable known people like huge you know so it's just kind of fun for that but I'm happy I'm excited to talk to him can you please introduce us to your buddy my My buddy, Stan is here.

3:24.5

Stan is a paparazzi based in New York City.

3:27.6

He does the shot stacks that I love because he's not doing like the movie premieres.

3:32.6

He's not outside Good Morning America today show with the rest of the photographers looking

3:36.5

for the easy shot.

3:38.0

Stan is an old school hardcore paparazzi. When I say hardcore, it's like he

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