I can still be glad for all Wikimedians taking photographs in rural areas, and of short events, Wikimedia culture, hard-to-access places, hard-to-find items, an

I can still be glad for all Wikimedians taking photographs in rural areas, and of short events, Wikimedia culture, hard-to-access places, hard-to-find items, and other subjects that are rarely available as free images. Yeah, if you live in a small town, it can be hard to find good photos of it online at all. I will note that regardless of size, cities are living things (a la the phrase "living language") and photos can rapidly become out of date when new structures go up, policies change, etc. So while the author of this piece has chosen to largely stop taking such photos, which is fine, there is really no reason to feel like "There are enough photos of [some big city] and we just don't need more." Skylines change. Cultural practices change. Etc. Sometimes you notice that change because you went looking at photos and noticed something that you didn't notice while living through those changes firsthand.