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Maybe I am wrong but it seems that the only early photography shots that retain a level of interest today are those that originated their genre rather than those who copied along years later.  I collect old photos.  The Egyptian landscapes of Francis Frith from the 1850's are highly collectible.  So are the John Soule Kitty Series stereoviews or Edward Weston peppers.  Neither of them would be considered even decent amateur snapshots by today's standards but we admire their originality.  I have a stereoview with reverse notation explaining that the negative was processed six months after exposure in a day when dry plate was first allowing processing at home after you returned from the trip rather than taking along a 'dark tent'.  I do wonder what taken in the 2000's will be admired and used to illustrate photography history books (or whatever format) in another century or two.  I doubt it will be my macros.  They are for me.  That is why I say it is the journey and not the destination that matters.   So far, perhaps the best use I have made of my RP has been copying old family photos in a format that allows sharing with other people who might care.  Harrison Linn, my great grandfather from a full plate tintype made in the late 1860's shortly before he was killed standing on a railroad track they built across his farm.  He was deaf, mostly blind in his good eye and ten years younger than I am now.  I do wish we had a photo of that train. This is just another use of our cameras.