Student and his friends risk their lives to become sky walkers

If Marat Dupri ever asks to take your picture, make sure you don’t suffer from vertigo, the teenager likes nothing better than taking his mates up to some of the world’s tallest buildings and photographing them.

The 19-year-old bought his first camera less than two years ago and began with shots taken from the roofs of houses.

He moved on to far bigger structures that include television towers and skyscrapers from the Soviet era in Moscow, plus its giant Ostankino Tower.

In a deadly gamble, safety harnesses are not used by the student and his friends.

“When I’m on the roof, I feel that the whole world is by my feet,” said Dupri.

“All my problems and trouble are left somewhere down. The height exhilarates me. “I started by going 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 that we couldn’t wait to do it again.”

The photographs include some of Dupri’s friends climbing ladders at the sides of the buildings and on the edges of them.