  I discuss the minijet contribution to total photoproduction and
photon--photon cross sections. While minijets with $p_T$ around 2 GeV have
recently been observed directly in \gamgam\ experiments, the total \gamp\ cross
section measured at HERA is in excellent agreement with predictions based on
purely soft physics. Due to the large number of free parameters, predictions
for the minijet contribution to total cross sections can be brought into
agreement with these seemingly paradoxical observations. However, the currently
used eikonalization procedure may not be applicable at all to a large part of
the minijet contribution, making it very difficult to draw definite conclusions
at present.
