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Photographer hit and killed at the British Motocross Championships

photographer killed British Motocross Championships

May 15, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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A photographer was killed and another man was seriously injured at the British Motocross Championships this Sunday. A rider came off his bike during a jump, and the bike crashed through a barrier made of hay bales, causing the tragedy.

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Photographer falls 80 feet to his death while shooting from a parking garage

Feb 2, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Virginia-based photographer Jason Hirschfeld recently lost his life while taking photos from the top of a parking garage. The 48-year-old man fell from 80 feet (24m) height, and lost his life in a freak accident that is yet to be examined.

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Man takes a selfie with his wife on a cliff, pushes her 1,000 feet to her death

Nov 24, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 5 Comments
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A Turkish man recently committed a terrible crime while pretending he wanted to take some selfies. He made his pregnant wife think they were about to take some snaps on a 1,000 feet (304m) tall cliff. When he lured her to the cliff’s edge, he pushed her down straight to her death.

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Brazil man plunges 40ft to his death while taking a selfie

Nov 15, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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Another selfie death happened recently, taking another young life. While trying to take a photo of himself, a 33-year-old man from Brazil reportedly lost balance and fell off a 40ft tall cliff. Emergency services rushed to help him, but they could only confirm his death.

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Australia reaches record number of selfie-related deaths, research shows

Nov 8, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Why even hike if you won’t take a selfie from the most dangerous cliff for your followers to admire? I’m being sarcastic, of course, but it appears that more and more Australians are taking this approach seriously. According to a recent study, Australia has reached the highest number of selfie-related deaths in the past decade Specifically, deaths caused by falling off cliffs while taking selfies.

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Famous Hollywood photographer Douglas Kirkland dies at 88

Oct 5, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Famous Hollywood photographer Douglas Kirkland passed away on 2 October. The official announcement of the sad news says that he was at his home in Hollywood Hills, LA, surrounded by his wife, two friends, and their dog.

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Photographer dies after getting trapped in a collapsed sand dune

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Aug 12, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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A Florida photographer lost his life in a tragic and utterly bizarre accident. While shooting a beach sunrise with his GoPro, a sand dune presumably collapsed behind him. It trapped him under a pile of sand, which led to the tragedy.

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Landscape photographer dies after 300 foot cliff fall on Oregon coast

Jun 7, 2022 by Alex Baker 2 Comments
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A landscape photographer died after falling 300 feet when he slipped off the trail at Natural Bridges viewpoint on the Oregon coast. Emergency services arrived along with a helicopter ambulance however because the fall was so severe and with the rocky shoreline beneath the chances of survival were slim.

After talking to witnesses, the County Sheriff learned that Nam Ing, a passionate landscape photographer from California, had been out hiking with friends when he slipped and fell from the trail.

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Photographer dies from hypothermia on busy Paris street after being ignored

Jan 31, 2022 by Alex Baker 7 Comments
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Swiss photographer René Robert died after suffering a dizzy spell and falling on a Paris street in his neighbourhood. Robert was ignored by passersby and was left lying on the sidewalk for 9 hours until somebody finally called emergency services. Sadly by then, it was too late, and the esteemed 84-year-old photographer succumbed to hypothermia.

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Mexican photojournalist shot dead in front of his home in Tijuana

Jan 21, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Mexican photojournalist, Margarito Martinez (49), was shot dead outside his home in Tijuana. While the police say that the reasons for the attack are still not clear, Martinez had reportedly been threatened.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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