Pigeon Photographers!

Yes. That's a pigeon with a camera. I know.

During the first and second world wars, the military attached lightweight cameras with thirty second timers to homing pigeons and sent them over enemy territory to collect information. The reason for this was that pigeons were harder to spot and shoot down (and less of a loss if they were) than planes and balloons. Pigeons had already been used to carry messages by the military and were deemed a reliable means of communication. However, when it came to photographing the ground below the lack of control over the pigeons position and speed meant that a fair bit of luck was involved in getting useful information. I can also imagine that the cameras might have hindered the birds' ability to react to danger. It was probably also very bothersome for the birds who had to fly around with a camera strapped to their chests. 

Imagine if the paparazzi decided to send pigeons over private estates to photograph celebrities, there'd be no escape for people in the public eye. I'm sure there are laws against that though. I hope.

However, using pigeons as photographers is appealing from an artistic point of view. And from the little research I've done on the subject, there are indeed a few people who have used help from their feathery friends in their artistic endeavers.I have yet to find them on the internet though.