It's like, why £15.95? Why not £15.97?

Google throws up Russian "shtrafbat", punishment battalions of men who would otherwise have been shot. My hunch is that just running prisoners through a minefield wouldn't reliably clear it - you'd still have the mark the mines - unless they went toe-to-toe in a long line, which would be awkward to organise. Google…

Step one: lead an interesting life. Step two: hang out with or at least ingratiate yourself with interesting people. Step three: be a very aggressive self-promoter. Master those three things and everything else is unimportant (and not just in photography).