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Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr dies at 81

May 16, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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German photographer Astrid Kirchherr, best-known for her collaboration with The Beatles, has passed away. She died in Hamburg at the age of 81, only a few days before she would turn 82.

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Woman plunges 115ft to her death while posing on a cliff to celebrate the end of coronavirus lockdown

May 4, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 12 Comments
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Olesia Suspitsina (31) from Kazakhstan recently celebrated the end of the coronavirus lockdown with a hike. She climbed a cliff and asked her friend to take a photo of her, but sadly, the posing ended fatally. She slipped and fell off the cliff, plummeting straight to her death.

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Wildlife photographer Peter Beard dies at 82

Apr 20, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 5 Comments
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Peter Beard, a wildlife photographer, artist and writer, has died. He went missing on 31 March from his home in Montauk, Long Island. After nearly three weeks of search, the “last of the adventurers” was found dead. He was 82.

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Dry ice poured into pool at “influencer” party kills three

Mar 5, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 23 Comments
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Russian influencer Ekaterina Didenko recently threw a party that went incredibly wrong. During the party, her husband reportedly poured 55 lb of dry ice into a swimming pool for “visual effects.” This caused him and two other guests to die from carbon dioxide poisoning, and what started as celebration ended in a terrible disaster.

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Train nearly wipes out photographer and family of 7 during a photo shoot on active tracks

Feb 25, 2020 by John Aldred 34 Comments
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When will people ever learn that this is not only dangerous and stupid but also highly illegal in most parts of the world? Yet again, we hear another story of not just one somebody, but 8 somebodies almost being hit by a train for a photo shoot on active train tracks.

Shot by Virtual Railfan, the video shows a family made up of the mother, father, two girls and three boys, along with a photographer doing a shoot on the tracks in Greencastle, PA, barely being missed by a huge train with only seconds to spare.

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Woman falls off a cliff and dies while taking photos in Sydney

Jan 13, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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A 21-year-old woman was recently found dead at Diamond Bay in Sydney, Australia. According to the reports, she was taking photos on the cliff, when she most likely lost footing and fell to her death.

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Photographer trampled to death by a wild elephant after getting too close to its herd

Nov 11, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 11 Comments
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India’s West Bengal state has seen eight trampling deaths in the past ten days. The latest tragedy happened when a photographer got too close to a herd of wild elephants in an attempt to photograph them. This got the animals enraged, and one of the elephants crushed the photographer to death.

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Two teens responsible for killing photographer to be tried as adults, could be sentenced to life

Nov 8, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 6 Comments
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In September current year, photographer Victoria Schafer tragically lost her life after she was hit by a falling branch of a tree. Two teenagers were taken into custody after the tragedy, and they confessed that they had been involved in the incident. According to the latest reports, the two 16-year-olds are due to be tried as adults. They are charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault, and reckless homicide, and they could reportedly face a life sentence.

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Video captures the moment a woman almost falls into the Grand Canyon while shooting a photo

Nov 8, 2019 by John Aldred 9 Comments
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Stupid selfie risks seem to be on the rise, leading to ever-increasing bans on places where you can shoot. But being stupid while shooting photos of others is also pretty common. This video shows the moment when 20-year-old Emily Koford was photographing her mother at the Grand Canyon and almost slipped straight off the edge.

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Teenager killed by a train while taking his senior photos

Nov 4, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 40 Comments
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A 17-year-old boy was killed by a train in Troutdale, Oregon on Saturday evening. According to multiple reports, the tragedy happened while he was taking his senior photos near the Troutdale Bridge.

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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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Dunja Djudjic: from diyphotography.netDunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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