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“A picture is worth a thousand words,” as the aphorism goes. Taking iconic photographs entails more than simply capturing a fleeting moment with a camera. A professional photographer understands how to capture images and what types of images to shoot. The journey to becoming a decent photographer, or even better yet, a great photographer, is a long one that requires a great deal of effort, passion, drive, ambition, hard work, and a sense of adventure. Photography is a language that uses visual features in place of words, and as such, it can be used for creative goals in the same way that any other language may. It is done exceedingly well by good photographers. Their work is always open to interpretation; rather than providing answers, it raises more questions than it does answers. As a result, photography that is devoid of explanation is the best.
A sneak-peek into nearly every part of the world, from animals and nature to sports and fashion, is provided by ‘Images Worth Seeing.’ It exists as an Instagram account and as a Facebook group under the name “Images Worth Seeing,” and you can discover it on the internet. And the best part is there is absolutely no explanation for these photos!
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The owner of the Instagram page, Hannes, said, “It all started when I was bored sometime around the first Covid lockdown,” Hannes recalled. “I had built up such a huge collection of random weird images that I just needed to share it with the world.”
“That’s when I started the page, and I thought, ‘Why not make a Facebook group attached to the page?’ This way everyone can share their own ‘weird images worth seeing’. And it kinda worked.”
“At some point, the group hit 100,000 members and we allowed a few posts per hour to keep the content quality and visibility high,” Hannes said.
“But our friend Mark Zuckerberg didn’t really seem to like some of those posts. The Facebook algorithm became very strict and things like a bare butt from 100 meters away eventually got us banned.”
“After three images were flagged (out of the hundreds of post requests we were receiving every day), our second group got deleted as well.” Hannes added.
“The core principle of our content is that it has to be worth seeing, and the weirder it is, the better,” Hannes said. “There isn’t really one category of images that stands out in popularity, [the submissions] just need a powerful aura, I guess.”
The feed has gotten so random now that Hannes has absolutely no idea what the reactions to the image would be like.
After speaking with their contributors, Shutterstock discovered that the uniqueness of a photograph can be more important than its technical quality. People who are purchasing photographs have highly specific requirements and will often choose something that stands out from the crowd over something that is high quality but otherwise standard.
“Do you have a bunch of weird images worth seeing in various contexts too, dear pandas? Or are you just curious? Feel free to share them with our group!” Hannes ended the conversation with this.
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Image Credits: weirdimagesworthseeing
