Darryn Lyons (born 19 August 1965) is an Australian media personality, entrepreneur and politician, who rose to prominence in Australia and the United Kingdom as a paparazzo. He held the position of Mayor of Geelong from 2013 to 2016.
Table of Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Photography career
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Early life
Born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia upon 19 August 1965, Lyons grew stirring the youngest of three children in the suburb of Herne Hill, and innovative Leopold. His daddy was an architect and the choirmaster of the Aberdeen Street Baptist Church, and meant the family’s “cathedral-like” house. Lyons’s passion for photography started at a young age, and he attended Geelong East Technical School, where he was regularly dux of school.
Personal life
Lyons resides in the Western Beach Place of Geelong. His fiancée was Elissa Friday, a former model and a student who now lists herself as single on her Instagram account. He was formerly married to Melanie Whitehead, who left him in 2000. Lyons is a personal friend of former Melbourne mayor Robert Doyle, who supported Lyons during his 2013 electoral campaign. Lyons has normal drug abuse, binge drinking and stuffy gambling during his enthusiasm abroad.
Photography career
After completing his schooling, Lyons began play 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 the News of the World after a unintentional meeting similar to Rupert Murdoch. Two years later, he left to accept a position bearing in mind the Daily Mail, for whom he provided coverage of the Bosnian War.
In 1993, Lyons founded the Describe company enormous Pictures, which supplied paparazzi-style photography for news organisations. Big Pictures was tell his wife Melanie Lyons and Kevin Anstey, while Lyons worked as a photographer for the Daily Mail newspaper. During 1996, Darryn Lyons left the Daily Mail to piece of legislation full-time at gigantic Pictures closely Melanie Lyons.
He gained widespread media attention next his company sold a photograph to the News of the World, which was used to preserve a allegation that football star David Beckham was having an affair taking into account his personal partner Rebecca Loos.
On the night of the fatal car crash involving Princess Diana in 1997, Big Pictures customary photographs from its Paris agent Laurent Sola of Diana’s firm moments. Lyons nevertheless own these photos which have never been published, and has declared that he never would sell them. Lyons gave evidence at the 2007 inquest into Diana’s death.
The company often faced true action relating to attack of privacy and harassment, from celebrities including Sienna Miller, Lily Allen, JK Rowling, Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley.
Big Pictures then ran a Mr Paparazzi website and YouTube channel from 2007 to 2013, featuring celebrity news, photos and videos
In 2012, Big Pictures was placed into administration after facing financial difficulties, with all staff members of the company brute made redundant. Lyons subsequently conventional the Mr Paparazzi Celebrity Deals company and became a shareholder of another unqualified called BPGG Limited, facilitating the purchase of gigantic Pictures’ assets for £164,000. Big Pictures went into liquidation in 2013, owing more than £82,000 to photographers and characterize agencies.
In 2013, Lyons announced plans to establishment an online celebrity collection photographic agency called Celebstock, however these plans did not eventuate.
Last update 2021-08-06