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DAY 48 | PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITIES |
Urban Legends I
DYING TO GET THAT FINAL SHOT
Ever since its invention, photography has featured prominently in the annals of contemporary folklore.
“Urban legends” are stories that are told as true accounts, yet cannot be proved to have ever actually taken place. In addition, the same story usually appears across different states, countries, and even continents, yet is always said to have happened in a specific nearby location. The prototypical urban legend is usually attributed to a “friend of a friend.”
In spite of their apocryphal nature, however, urban legends bear layers of deeper meaning. Like all ...
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