Darryn Lyons

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Darryn Lyons is an Australian paparazzo and media personality, best known for his work in England.

Born in Geelong, Victoria, Lyons graduated from Geelong East Technical School, then began work as a professional photographer at the Geelong News and Geelong Advertiser. At the age of 22, he moved to London, where he gained a job at News of the World after a chance meeting with Rupert Murdoch. Two years later, he left to take a position with the Daily Mail, for whom he provided coverage of the Bosnian War.^[1]

In 1992, Lyons founded the company Big Pictures, which supplies paparazzi-style photography for news organizations. He gained widespread media attention when his company sold a photograph to News of the World, which was used to support a claim that soccer star David Beckham was having an affair with his personal assistant Rebecca Loos.^[2] He often appears on radio and TV programs to speak about celebrities and news coverage of them. He was one of the six "business experts" on the Australian reality television program Dragons' Den, cancelled in 2005, and the BBC produced a documentary television series called "Paparazzi" about Lyons and Big Pictures, which is currently on the air.

[edit] External links

• The homepage for the BBC's "Paparazzi" TV show.
• The homepage of "Big Pictures", Lyons's company.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Geelong boy comes to the party", The Age, published April 17, 2004, accessed August 4, 2006.
2. ^ "Geelong snapper who took a bite of Beckham's image", The Sydney Morning Herald, published April 17, 2004, accessed August 4, 2006.