funnysnow

A friend of mine sent me this unbelievable picture of what appears to be an asian man falling from a building and several people at a window trying to catch him. It seems dubious that all those people would happen to be at the window at that specific time let alone a photographer.

I can't tell if the picture is doctored and I couldn't find anything on the internet relating to it nor can I get in touch with my friend for more information.



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Do up my reputation. =D

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funnysnow

Claim: Photograph shows man falling from a skyscraper while occupants grasp at him through a window.

Status: False.

Origins: If you think the above-displayed image of a man falling outside a skyscraper while several of the building's occupants desperately grasp at him through an opened window seems too fantastic too be real ... you're right.

The distinctively-shaped building seen in the background places the setting of this photograph in downtown Beijing, and this image is in fact the work of photographic/performance artist Li Wei, a 36-year-old resident of Beijing who specializes in "site-specific performance pieces that enact strange fantasies such as a head flying solo around Beijing or bodies catapulted into car windows."

This particular image is from a 2003 Li Wei work entitled "Free Degree Over 29th Storey." A Theme Magazine profile of the artist described how the finished effect was accomplished:

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