Instead of adding a plaque to remember the press photographer, she posted a sign on the bench asking people to send her photographs of them sitting on it. "I was thinking I might get one or two ...

(The exact location of the bench is here.) Photographer Kotenko (pictured) began capturing life on the bench in 2007 or 2008. The 36-year-old told RFE/RL: “I didn’t give myself any time limits ...