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These are the dizzying pictures of Dubai taken from
on top of the tallest skyscrapers in the world by a daredevil Russian
teenager.
Student Marat Dupri has made it it his mission to scale the highest
buildings he can find before dangling precariously over their edges to
take his extraordinary shots.
The fearless 19-year-old, who only bought his first camera just two
years ago, started by sneaking past guards and climbing on to the roofs
of Moscow landmarks, before setting his sights even higher - on Dubai's
towering structures.
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Earlier photos from his portfolio show him balanced hundreds of feet in
the air on pylons in Russia and walking the edges of super-tall
structures with no safety harness.
Mr Dupri then travelled from Russia to Dubai after being enticed by the
extravagant high-rise buildings. There, the teenager and his friends
enthusiastically climbed the buildings until they had captured these
amazing images.
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The student said: 'When I'm on the roof I have a feeling that the whole
world is by my feet. All my problems and trouble are left somewhere
down.
'The height exhilarates me. 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.
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'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.
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'It was such a thrill, we couldn't wait to do it again.
'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.' |