Shooting Iconic Places
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“The challenge of iconic places is shooting them with fresh eyes, and ideally with a fresh opinion.” |
An icon is like a symbol, an image of something particular that represents something larger. The Eiffel Tower is an icon of Paris, the Taj Mahal is an icon of India, the Pyramids are icons of Egypt. The challenge of iconic places is shooting them with fresh eyes, and ideally with a fresh opinion. Arrive at any airport or train station in the world and look at the first rack of postcards you see—the local icons are probably at the top, and they have been shot over and over again. It is easier to create a new icon or shoot an iconic image of something else than it is to shoot against the grain and photograph an established ...
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