Mark Hunter’s unfiltered nightlife shots of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Katy Perry defined an early digital aesthetic—and ushered in the social media age.

Mark Hunter was at the forefront of the Y2K era. Hunter reflects on launching The Cobrasnake and creating one of the first digital archives of the 2000s.

Mark Hunter is a celebrity photographer who started uploading nightlife-photos to his blog in 2003. Paparazzi used to offer him money for photos of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, but he'd decline.