"Photography enables you to grasp a place the first time around. In fact, photography often tends to become impossible in a place you're already familiar with. Going back somewhere seldom accompanies a desire to take photos. For me, the familiarity of things, knowing them, almost rules out photography. It is a means of exploration, it's a vital part of travel, almost as essential as a car or plane. The photo camera makes arrival in a place possible."
-Wim Wenders, Written in The West.