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Meet the real-life sky walker - the photographer who
risks his life scaling sky-high buildings to take incredible photos of
the world below.
Russian student Marat Dupri, 19, bought a Canon camera 18 months ago and
immediately decided to start taking shots of beautiful views.
He began climbing onto the roofs of houses to capture spectacular views
from the air, before deciding to go to even greater heights.
Together with his fearless friends and models, he has sneaked past
guards at some of Moscow's tallest structures - to produce incredible
yet stomach-churning images.
The incredible photos show the teens walking in the sky, as they perch
hundreds of feet in the air on pylons, or walking on the edge of a high
building with NO safety harnesses.
Marat said: ‘When I am on the roof I have a feeling that the whole world
is by my feet.
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‘All my problems and trouble are left somewhere down. The height
exhilarates me. I am enjoying with my home town views. It gives me
energy and fills with enthusiasm to make new and great shots.
‘I had always been interested in photography and a couple of years ago,
I bought my first proper camera.
‘I wanted to try and get the most spectacular pictures I could -
pictures like no-one else had taken before.
‘I began by taking pictures from my own roof, but soon I wanted to get
bigger and better pictures.
‘So I went with my friend to the top of a 33 storey building. It was
about 120 metres high and we went right out to the edge and I started
taking pictures.
‘It was such a thrill, we couldn't wait to do it again.
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‘I've taken a lot of the photos by sneaking past guards and getting
access to structures illegally.
‘But I think the risks are worth it to take such amazing pictures.’
Marat's incredible pictures show several of his friends balancing on the
very edge of beams hundreds of feet above the ground.
They are not attached to any safety harnesses and could plummet to earth
at any time.
One photo shows the teens scaling one of Russia's seven Soviet
skyscrapers, using a ladder to scale the side of the building.
And another shows his friend perched at the side of a monument to Peter
I, 215 metres in the air.
The teens even took photos on the top of the Moscow tower - one of the
highest buildings in Europe.
Marat added: ‘The building is 300 metres up in the air and it was really
difficult to take photos because of the wind. I had to bend right over
and just take a picture straight down.
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‘That was the most dangerous photo I have taken, it was pretty scary.
‘I've also taken pictures from a 270 metre high radio mast that was
still in use.
‘I got a huge adrenalin rush from taking the pictures, but I had a
severe headache for several days after - I think it was from radiation.
‘It was worth it to get such amazing photos though.’
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