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Privacy and the pressure of constant exposure
Being a public figure does not extinguish a person’s right to privacy. “Off-the-set” images can conflate professional visibility with perpetual availability. The social expectation that performers should document their lives to feed an always-hungry audience can produce emotional labor and burnout. Moreover, when off-duty photographs are weaponized — turned into gossip, harassment, or commercialized without compensation — they compound harms. Visual culture must grapple with the difference between a public role and a right to personal autonomy, and audiences should be wary of normalizing intrusive curiosity.