These photos played with the lives of their photographers! + Photos

Fars News Agency – Visual Group – Alireza Sepahvand: Photography at first glance seems to be one of the most refreshing arts, which should be so, but this art of the modern world, like other arts and professions in the modern era, has become and defined as a professional activity and is generally one of the basic and mere rules. Aesthetics have become more complex. It is no longer a photographer looking for a purely beautiful and artistic subject with a camera in hand in nature or on the street, but in today’s world he has taken from professional paparazzi who ambush a celebrity for days and weeks and record a private and unwanted moment. From him to wildlife photographers and crime photographers who risk competing for the most tragic moments, to war and hostage-taking photographers all putting themselves in close competition in extremely dangerous situations. In this section, you will find ten recorded photos of ten photographers who sacrificed their lives to capture these photos, along with the narration of the photo recording and the moment of photography of each of these 10 subjects, but also a corner narrator. From photography in the modern and brutal world today:

No. 10
Atef Saeed is approaching death by an angry lion …

Wildlife photographer Atef Saeed, while photographing a lion up close, was captured by a wild lion with a quick and sudden movement, and the photographer was attacked by the predator during the photo shoot. Took. The incident took place at a wildlife park in Lahore, Pakistan. Saeed was driving in the park when he found the lion. He moved towards it, got out of his vehicle and started taking pictures. He was about 3 meters (10 feet) away from the lion at the time. The lion saw the moment ready to hunt. Saeed took this horrible photo just before jumping into his jeep. He escaped only because he left the door of his vehicle open, probably because he expected the lion to attack him. Saeed later said he found the incident funny, especially after he was able to survive. But he vowed never to put himself in such a dangerous position again.

No. 9
Tracy Shelton is saved from certain death after firing an armored tank …

In 2012, Tracy Shelton was covering the Syrian Civil War when she was shot dead by a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) tank. The SAA is the official army of the Syrian government. Their main 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 insurgents involved here were from the Dan al-Zankeh Noor Battalion. Shelton was with them before the tank arrived and took pictures of them cleaning the area. These pictures show their jokes and laughter. The insurgents soon received information that there was an SAA tank in their area. They attacked their weapons and tried to engage the tank when the war vehicle fired. Shelton took the photo at the moment of the shooting. The picture shows three insurgents in front and a fourth behind them. Shelton was behind the Fourth Rebel. The insurgents could not take refuge before the bullet exploded. All three were killed in the front. An insurgent behind them survived with injuries. Shelton was unharmed, though covered in dust and smoke. The bodies of three rebels killed were revealed as new fighters were called in to replace them …

Issue 8
Andy Grimm is shot by a police officer who mistaken his camera tripod for a gun …

On the night of September 4, 2017, photojournalist Andy Grimm went to a traffic station in Ohio, where he hoped to take some pictures. He had just pulled out his tripod when he was shot by Jake Shaw, County Clark’s deputy, who had mistaken the tripod for an assault rifle. Shaw fired twice at Grimm. The first bullet hit Grimm in the chest and the other bullet barely passed through his shoulder. Fortunately, he was not killed. He later sued Shaw and the sheriff for using excessive force and violating human rights. Grimm said Shaw never approached him or instructed him to drop his hypothetical rifle before firing. Grimm was driving to take a picture of a lightning storm when he decided to take a picture of a traffic station. The Supreme Court jury ruled that Shaw would not be charged with shooting!

No. 7
Mark Laita takes a picture of himself while being bitten by a deadly black mamba snake …

The black mamba is one of the deadliest venomous snakes in the world. The bite of this snake kills a human in a few hours. Many people have lost their lives after being bitten by this type of snake. Photographer Mark Laita survived the sting when he became one of the few in 2012. Interestingly, Laita took a picture of the snake as it was biting. At the time, Laita was working on a book about snakes. He had traveled to Central America, where he photographed several snakes kept by a collector. The venom collector had removed most of the snakes’ venom but had not removed the mamba venom. Mamba moved towards Laita during the shooting. The collector then attacked when the collector struck the Laita camera cable while trying to catch the snake. Mamba got scared and threw herself at Laita and bit her leg. Despite severe bleeding, Laita survived the bite without treatment. Laita suspected that the snake had not released any venom during the bite. If so, the heavy bleeding that followed would probably have poisoned it out. Lita noticed that night that she was taking pictures of the bite while reviewing her photos.

No. 6
James Akna is severely beaten by Ugandan soldiers for taking pictures during anti-government protests …

On August 20, 2018, photojournalist James Akna was attacked by Ugandan soldiers while photographing during an anti-government protest. A gruesome video taken by someone else shows a soldier approaching Akna and whipping her. The other two join the soldier, one of whom has a cane. As the three men beat Akna, the soldier without a cane sees the person filming. He can hardly escape and gets away from Akna and his colleagues when he points his gun at the person filming and shoots and the video stops at this point … Akna was taken after the attack. . Later, the Ugandan army announced that the soldiers would be punished. However, this was probably a move to make an appearance, as they were responding only because the video had been released online. Human Rights Watch observed that Ugandan police and army officers often beat journalists who took pictures during anti-government protests, and that these officers were not prosecuted.

No. 5
When a one-ton humpback buffalo follows him, Willis Chang drops his camera and runs away …

Willis Chang was another wildlife photographer who found himself trapped by an attacking animal. This time the animal was a one-toned buffalo. Chang was photographing in Yellowstone National Park when the animal suddenly ran towards him. Chang continued to take pictures while the buffalo was attacking him. At one point, the animal was very close. So the photographer eventually escaped, leaving his camera and tripod behind. The American buffalo walked around the camera and looked at it with curiosity. The animal even walked from behind to the camera, looking as if it were looking at an LCD screen as if it wanted to take a picture. Meanwhile, Chang took more pictures of the humpback buffalo with another camera.

No. 4
Fists made by Christoph Corto of a 250 gorilla Eats a kilo …

Photographer Christoph Corto was punched by a gorilla who was photographing a volcano in Rwanda National Park. He and several other photographers were photographing a herd of gorillas when their leader, a 250-kilogram monster named Akaruro, attacked Corto without warning. He continued to take pictures as Akario got closer, even until the gorilla stood right in front of him. The photo shows Acaruro clenching his fist, as if trying to hit Corto. Akaruro pushed Corto aside and followed the other male gorilla behind the photographers. The gorilla’s blow to the photographer was not so strong, however, he felt that the train had hit him. A similar incident in the Republic of the Congo occurred when an aggressive male gorilla attacked photographer Will Borard-Lucas. These gorillas were not accustomed to the presence of humans around them and were hostile to the photographers who followed them. The group leader Gorilla was extremely aggressive and constantly prepared to attack. However, he never carried out his attacks and often returned when he approached the photographers.

No. 3
An uninvited rhino beats the photographer …

Jonathan Plodger was photographing the wildlife of Kruger National Park in South Africa when he was attacked by a white rhino. Unlike the others on the list, Plodger did not know there was a wild animal around. Only when he heard the rustling of nearby plants did he realize that he was in danger. The rhino jumped out of the bush and went straight to the photographer. Pledger ran. The photographer instead continued to take pictures as the rhino approached. The animal changed its mind as it approached the plager and stepped back. The rhino turned left and ran back into the bushes. Plodger later said he was really scared when the rhino attacked him.

Issue 2
Photographer Mohammad Shafi goes to his death by angry Somalis …

Mohammed Shafi’i was not a photographer but a cameraman when he was about to be killed by a group of people during the Somali civil war. However, a cameraman and three photographers who were with Shafi’i were killed. One morning in July 1993, US Army fighter jets attacked the headquarters of Mohammad Farah Idid, the commander of the Somali war. Fifteen minutes after the attack, vehicles of IDID militants arrived at the hotel where Shafi’i and his entourage were staying and offered to take them to the command center for photography and filming. Journalists were photographing and filming when they were suddenly attacked by an angry crowd that had gathered. The reporters fled in different directions and the attackers followed them. Shafi’i was beaten while running and fell to the ground with a stone. Someone even shot at his arm from a distance. Shafi could hardly get into a car full of Somali men and escape. He thought they were taking him back to his hotel until they drove past his hotel to a local market. They eventually released Shafi’i, a Kenyan Muslim, when they found out. At first they thought he was a Pakistani Christian.

No. 1
Serbian warlord ژeliko Rajanatovi معروف, known as “Arkan”, prosecutes Ron Hawوo for exposing war crimes and threatens to kill him …

Photographer Ron Howio was close to losing his life for taking pictures of fighters involved in the Serbian tiger war crimes during the 1992 Bosnian war. His most iconic photo shows a warrior kicking the body of a woman who was recently killed by his colleagues. Howio was with members of the militia at the time of the murder. He watched as fighters pulled a man out of his home before shooting him in the street. His wife and sister were later shot. Havio secretly photographed the shootings, although members of the Serbian militia were not captured in Havio’s photo frame. One of the Serb fighters soon approached the killed family and kicked their bodies. Howio also took this photo. However, the fighters heard his camera button and looked at him. Their Johnny Commander, کوeliko Rajanatovi معروف, better known as Arkan, later collected the film from Havio and promised to return the processed photographs. Arkan did not notice that Howeo had changed the film and hidden it, which contained evidence of war crimes. Howie later published these images. This angered Arkan, who promised to kill Howie. Some of his forces later mistakenly arrested other photographers with Howe.

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