Hello, As we can see the stack of papers below, he was the commentator or person getting ready to ask questions of the "model" in front of them or the questions of the popular news worthy people after a trial or movie premier event. The other guys were press photographers armed to the teeth with large format cameras. Jnaki All except for the guy with his cool 35mm rangefinder camera. No need for flash as plenty of flash lighting is provided. And, he probably had a faster speed film format not having the need for fill flash attachments... YRMV
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