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Photography of Architecture (Interior)
The photo below, of the Great Hall at Ellis Island, wouldn't work nearly as well without the two
teenagers waiting where so many immigrants waited for so many hours and days (from the photo.net
New York exhibit):
People don't always improve an image but they always change it. Below, for example, is the Great Kiva
in Aztec Ruins National Monument in Aztec, New Mexico (from the photo.net New Mexico exhibit).
The photo at left, without people, conveys more accurately the feeling of being in the kiva. Probably this
is because the people aren't using the architecture in the way that the architects intended; they are merely
posing for an unseen photographer. The human presence doesn't ruin the image, however. It might be a
better choice for a travel guidebook than the empty kiva.
Similarly, as part of a page describing Hearst Castle, these two people-filled images give a better record
of the experience of touring the castle than do the detail images underneath:
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