Photojournalist Loses Life’s Work After Burglars Steal Hard Drives Camera gear may be expensive and painful to have stolen, but your photos are priceless and devastating to lose. A photographer’s worst nightmare just via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/07/15/photojournalist-loses-lifes-work-after-burglars-steal-hard-drives/ They contained an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 photos captured over the course of his 35 year photography career.