Recently, travel selfies have been a hot topic in the news, cumulating last week with the shocking report on Conde Nast Traveler that claims there have been more “selfie” related deaths this year than fatalities from shark attacks. While both scenarios are extremely rare, the trend of dangerous selfies has certainly increased with the advancement of compact and affordable camera systems, as well as photographers seeking recognition for their brazen acts.
We here at Resource Travel and Resource Magazine do not condone this behavior in any way, in fact, we would like to stress no photo is worth your life. But, in the same regard, most of the people who take these selfies are in fact professionals, even if they appear slightly lunatic. While selfie injuries and fatalities have in fact been on the rise, it is important to remember that not all travel selfies are dangerous, and almost all are taken without any issues. To help illustrate both sides of the argument, I have gathered a collection of some of my favorite, yet dangerous, selfies, from 500px.
So what are your thoughts? How far out of your comfort zone have you gone to get a selfie? Did you have any regrets after you took it?
Remember, no photo is worth your life. Please be careful, and never push the boundaries past your comfort zone.
Hong Kong, China
Kjerag, Norway
By Uli Ma
Iceland
San Francisco, California
Preikestolen, Forsand, Norway
By Tomas Havel
Moscow, Russia
Grand Canyon, Arizona
By Dan Ransom
Detroit, Michigan
Hong Kong, China
Moscow, Russia
Thorsmork, Iceland
By Max Rive
Sea of Crete
By Edina Szalai
Kiev, Ukraine
Antartica
Austria
Norway
Hong Kong, China
Highrise Hong Kong (364m) by Alexander Remnev on 500px
7 comments
These are amazing… but I also feel a little weak at the knees and sick now. ;)
Nice one Mr. Bonocore (I’m poised ‘pon three roller bags as I type this, does that count? no…)
Well I only have one roller bag, so three seems way more dangerous!
cool stuff… but 6 of these I doubt are selfies… just sayin
I hear ya John. I am old. I thought a selfie was any kind of self portrait :)
A selfie is a self portrait created with a camera in hand. I don’t think any of these that are wide angles created (we assume) by cameras on remote tripods truly count.
Understood, and you are most likely correct. Being as I am old and out of touch, I never really knew what a “Selfie” actually was. But I guess renaming the title to self-portraits might be better?