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There are many ways to approach the genre of travel photography. Some photographers are intent on capturing ‘real’ moments in time, moments that anyone else could see if traveling to the same locations. Some photographers, however, feel justified in creating ‘staged’ scenes while paying locals to engage in carefully choreographed activities at idyllic or iconic locations. These photographers often strive to combine many aspects of a culture into a single composition, where the aim is to create an idyllic scene. These staged images are often shared extensively on social media, and, in some instances, can set up unrealistic expectations of what it may be like to visit these same locations.
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