Chinese artist Li Wei creates images of himself and his friends being thrown off buildings, dangling from bridges and hanging off cars, all in the name of art. Li's photos can take up to six months to set up and involve huge crews organizing props such as smoke, mirrors, wires and cranes. After the photographs are taken the father of one removes traces of the wires with a computer. Li, from Beijing, said: "One of the most difficult and expensive shots was where myself and 12 people were flying behind a car and we had to use a lot of cranes to keep us all suspended" "The images can involve me getting battered around a bit - most times I will pick up an injury from the stunt wires, one time I got my head stuck in a pane of smashed glass"
One of Li Wei's images is shown and it was taken with the help of cranes holding the people in position.
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Red Bull Stunts
An Austrian skydiver has completed a remarkable stunt, somersaulting from one glider to another while traveling at 100mph. Paul Steiner, from Salzburg, climbed out of the cockpit, walked along the wing and then front rolled onto a second glider that was traveling underneath it.
The daredevil then moved onto the main fuselage of the second glider, while the first glider turned upside down and flew overhead. This allowed Steiner to reach up and grab the tail fin, forming a link between the two aircraft s.
Steiner then completed the stunt by skydiving off the glider, which was flying over 2000 metres above Austria.
The incredible stunt was carried out by the Red Bull skydive team.
The daredevil then moved onto the main fuselage of the second glider, while the first glider turned upside down and flew overhead. This allowed Steiner to reach up and grab the tail fin, forming a link between the two aircraft s.
Steiner then completed the stunt by skydiving off the glider, which was flying over 2000 metres above Austria.
The incredible stunt was carried out by the Red Bull skydive team.
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