The type of pictures you can capture while skydiving are like no other. If you're a photographer who is afraid of heights then you just have to accept there will be some photos you'll never be able to take. That's a little heartbreaking, isn't it? There must be a thrill to framing up a shot while plummeting downward. It's almost as nerve wracking as taking a photo for a group of teenage girls. If one of them doesn't look cute in it they'll maul you.
There's a unique vibe to this photo since the skydiver has the perfect flattened image of Italy behind him. The way it captures the natural spiral design is gorgeous. It's almost as if it's a blanket that he's laying on. A blanket he's hurling 40 miles per hour towards. There isn't enough fabric softener in the world.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.