The mystery of the third wheel: Who takes all these 'private' celebrity photos?

I have always wondered who takes such breathtaking photos of solo trips. In some close gatherings, I might have shared this strange curiosity.

“If you ask people politely, they will take a photo,” is the answer I got.

By ‘people’, they actually mean strangers or fellow tourists. And by photos, I mean those Instagram poses where you are looking away somewhere, pretending to have ‘lost and found’ yourself.

So, solo travellers can pose like that in front of a stranger and then excuse themselves, saying, ‘Thank you’?

This requires some talent!

But that I am not alone in my weird curiosity was proved when social media raised the question over a photo Priyanka Chopra recently posted.

When you can't wait for the last person to leave the party, but are just being polite.  (Photo: Twitter)

Captioned ‘home’, the photo features a relaxed Priyanka — her head resting on Nick Jonas’ shoulder, her eyes blissfully closed. Nick, on the other hand, is in a mix of a relaxed and a pensive mood, holding a can and, of course, looking away.

A sense of comfort permeates the photo — a type of comfort which you won’t probably have if there’s a third person around. But, is there always a third person — or a team of third persons — in our favourite celebrities’ lives?

That makes everything we admire about celeb lives so difficult.

Wonder who takes the vacation photos that Virat Kohli keeps on posting from time to time?

Like this one.

When you are on a vacation, but can't look away from your work.