A picture is worth a thousand words or the life of its photographer.

Obviously, photographers will often goto extremes to get the perfect shot.

For some, these pictures can make their careers, but there may be a high price.

Possibly too high.

War and wildlife photographers are usually at the most risk because they can be in active danger zones.


While many have died under these circumstances, some have survived to tell their stories.







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Atif Saeed Was Almost Killed By An Angry Lion.



Wildlife photographer Atif Saeed was almost killed when thelionhe was snapping charged at him.

The incident took place at a wildlife park in Lahore, Pakistan. Saeed was driving around the park when he found the lion.

He drove toward it, alighted from his vehicle, and started taking pictures.

He was about 3 meters (10 ft) away at the time.

The lion did not appreciate his presence and charged.Saeed took the chilling picture just before jumping into his Jeep.

He only escaped because he left the door of his vehicle open, probably because he expected the lion to charge.

Saeed later said that he found the incident hilarious, especially after he made his getaway.

But he vowed never to put himself in such a situation again because it was too dangerous.

Mark Laita Took A Picture Of Himself As He Was Bitten By A Deadly Black Mamba.



The black mamba is one of the world’s most deadly venomous snakes.

A bite will kill a human in a few hours.

Not many people have lived after a bite from this type of snake.

Photographer Mark Laita became one of those few when he survived a bite in 2012.

Interestingly, Laita took a picture of the snake the moment it bit him.

At the time, Laita was working on a book about snakes.

He had traveled to Central America where hetook pictures of some snakes held by a collector.

The collector had removed the venom glands of most of the snakes but not the mamba.

The mamba continued moving closer to Laita during the photo shoot.

Then it attacked when the collector hit Laita’s camera cable while trying to capture the snake.

The mamba got scared and lunged at Laita, biting him in the leg.

Tracey Shelton Was Almost Killed After An Armored Tank Fired At Her Position.




In 2012, Tracey Shelton was covering theSyrian Civil Warwhen she was almost killed by a shell fired by a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) tank.

The SAA is the official army of the Syrian government.

Their primary opponent is the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a group of rebel factions that want Bashar al-Assad to step down as president of Syria.

The rebels involved here were from the Noor Den al-Zenke battalion.

Shelton was with them before the tank arrived and had been taking their photographs as they cleaned their position.

The pictures showed them joking and laughing.

The rebels soon received information that there was an SAA tank in their area.

They rushed to their weapons and tried engaging the tank when the combat vehicle fired.

Shelton took the photograph the moment the shell hit the rebels.

The picture shows three rebels in front with a fourth behind them.

Shelton was behind the fourth rebel.

The rebels could not take cover before the shell exploded.

All three in front were killed.

The rebel behind them survived with injuries.

Shelton was unhurt, though she was covered in dust and smoke.

The bodies of the three dead rebels were recovered and taken away while new fighters were drafted to replace them.

James Akena Was Beaten By Ugandan Soldiers For Taking Pictures During An Anti-Government Protest.




On August 20, 2018, photojournalist James Akena was attacked by Ugandan soldiers as he took pictures during an anti-government protest.

A chilling video shot by another person shows one soldier approach Akena and start whipping him with a cane.

The soldier is joined by two others, one of whom also has a cane.

As the three men beat Akena, the soldier without a cane spots the person shooting the video.

He barely pulls away from Akena and his colleagues when he aims his rifleat the individual making the video and fires a shot.


The video stops at this point, although it does not seem like the person was killed.

Akena was taken away after the assault.

Later, the Ugandan army stated that the soldiers involved would be disciplined.


However, this was probably a save-face gesture as they were only responding because the video went viral.

Human Rights Watch observed that Ugandan police and military officers had often beaten journalists who took photographs during anti-government protests and those officers had faced no consequences.

A Warlord Declared Ron Haviv Wanted For Exposing War Crimes.



Photographer Ron Haviv almost lost his life for taking pictures that implicated fighters in the Serbian

Tigers unit of war crimes during the 1992 Bosnian War.

The most iconic was the picture of a fighter kicking the body of a woman whom his colleagues had just killed.

Haviv was with the paramilitary members at the time of the killings.

He watched the fighters drag a man out of his house before shooting him on the street.

They later shot his wife and her sister. Haviv secretly took photographs of the shootings, although the Serbian paramilitary members were not captured in the frames.

One Serbian fighter soon walked up to the dead family and kicked their bodies.

Haviv took this picture, too.

However, the fighters heard his camera click and looked at him.

Their commander, Zeljko Raznjatovic (aka Arkan), later collected the film from Haviv and promised to return the processed photographs.

Arkan did not realize that Haviv had swapped the roll of film and hidden the one containing evidence of the war crimes. Later, Haviv published the pictures.

This angered Arkan, who vowed to kill Haviv.

Some of his fighters later arrest other photographers after mistaking them for Haviv.

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A Gorilla Almost Punches Christophe Courteau.



Photographer Christophe Courteau was almost punched by agorillathat he was photographing at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.

He and some other photographers were taking pictures of the gorilla troop when the leader, a 250-kilogram (550 lb) beast called Akarevuro, charged at Courteau without warning.

dare devil photos,awon esin o ko ku.Cant always get it right

Following oo

And I thought I'll be ftc chai

Buhari why?

Willis Chung Abandoned His Camera When A One-Ton Bison Came After Him.



Willis Chung was another wildlife photographer who found himself at the mercy of a charging animal.

This time, it was a one-ton bison.

Chung was taking photographs at Yellowstone National Park when the animal suddenly ran toward him.

Chung continued taking pictures while the bison charged.

At a certain point, the animal was getting too close.

So the photographer finally fled and left his tripod-mounted camera behind.

Damn

Are these stupidity? No. Are these bravery? hmmmm....still thinking
just be careful

This Thread Go Sweet Well Well..
Explorers Carry Go!!

Driver...Explorer Junction o wa o. Wey my change? No change? Ehhhnnnn e go be. Make I drop here abeg

Wow

These are not the most dangerous...

Damn

Extraordinary Photographers!

Front page thingzzzzz
Nice thread

Chai so epic

Fascinating.

You nor go see Naija Photographers here..If na to snap studio pics I dey sure say na them for they to chart

Oshey baddest explorers tun ti gbe tun tun de o....

I wouldn't call this stupidity I would rather call it bravery after all they ran wen dey sense danger but wait o no Naija photographer dere ni ure doing ojoro o. Nice thread explorers

Chaaiii, risky job.

Explorers:
Tracey Shelton Was Almost Killed After An Armored Tank Fired At Her Position.





Shelton took the photograph the moment the shell hit the rebels.

Where's the pics she took?

Why is it not on the internet?

Fp gbera

lemme hear that I didn't run

Well I tink I will just stop here, that pussy can wait

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