The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is one of the most photogenic objects in the world. My sister and I stopped by twice while in Paris this last weekend, and I just couldn’t keep my finger off the shutter release. The problem I have is that everyone else has also taken scores of pictures of the tower. As a result I don’t feel happy taking a standard picture, I have to get funky. The resulting photos tell a odd story about how I experienced the tower.

Take the two in this post as examples. These pictures of the tower make it feel like I almost wasn’t looking at it. It happened to be a convenient prop to help make the picture interesting. Really the same problem exists for all landmarks, but I feel it especially the case for the Eiffel Tower simply by being the biggest thing in one of the most visited cities. I’m going to have to start reminding myself when I come across famous landmakrs, while I’m taking my funky photos, also take a plain one, maybe even with me in it, to simply remember the experience of being there.