Russian Model Pushes the Instagram Selfie Game to New Heights

Angela Nikolau will elevate your heart rate

By The Editors
August 23, 2016 9:00 am

“A picture’s worth a thousand words.” 

While that’s usually true, it seems to us that Russian shutterbug Angela Nikolau’s photos are worth just two: “Holy” and “Sh*t.”

The self-taught photographer is creating some buzz by posting selfies and other photos of herself in altogether-too-casual poses atop skyscrapers and on the scaffolding and edges of high-rises.

The Moscow-based artist — who uses the tagline “No limit, no control” in her Instagram bio — is as unafraid of heights as she is of the camera lens, a combo that produces sweat-inducing work.

The proof is in the photos:

Unfortunately for anyone who’d be daring enough to date her, it appears as she’s already got a fella — and he’s just as gung-ho about getting selfies as she is, as seen in this video from Travel Ticker

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