What makes some places worthy of being taken photos of whilst others not?
Most commonly known it can be because of the way it looks, however it also can have to do with the significance of the place and the values and events place onto it.
Everyone has probably felt the need to take a photo of something or somewhere simply because we’ve seen it been done in other photos and want to be a part in it. i.e. “Holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa’ photos. Many trends such as these were created iconic and famous because of professional photographers snapshoting the first time it happened and coming up with the ideas, making the location iconic.
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