Audio Slideshow • Sophia Dembling • 04.16.09 | 10:05 AM ET
Dallas-based writer Sophia Dembling is co-author of the Flyover America blog and author of "The Yankee Chick's Survival Guide to Texas." She would love to hear your tales of America, so drop her an email.
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Rob Verger 04.16.09 | 5:54 PM ET
I loved this thoughtful, funny slideshow. I had never thought to think about travel photos with these “categories” before, and doing so made me laugh. But I also like the final thought: a photo may well be a type of cliche, but it can still be beautiful.
Pam Mandel 04.17.09 | 10:59 AM ET
Ouch. Ha ha ha. OUCH. Cut that out.
A person can’t help it, can they. I particularly cracked up and cringed over “this guy—I have NO Idea what this guy is doing.” That’s a really important lesson for photographers, no?
Sophia 04.20.09 | 9:38 PM ET
Ha, Pam, that photo was the inspiration for the slide show. It cracked me up the first time I looked at it and it still makes me laugh. It’s so stupid and bad. (I do happen to know, BTW, that he was making silver jewelry. But I only know because I took the photo.)