Personally, I think the most mundane and most "boring" pictures as you call it are the ones that resonate most. A "boring" photograph is the one you fall most in love with because it's simply the most relatable. It's not hard to think about, it's not some big concept. It's just life. And life is beautiful.
I try to find something beautiful in my life everyday, not only as inspiration but to keep me sane.
I find that the following website is a tremendous source of inspiration for me, and is the epitome of the boring photos, but is a collection of the most beautiful work I've seen. New artists are featured every week with lots of return artists creating wonderful work I think everyone can appreciate.
The quote at the bottom says it all, "Look and look and look, and then look again, because nothing replaces looking"
http://triangletriangle.com/
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I really love the 3rd image... it almost looks like it could be underwater, it's so tranquil.
I understand what you mean about the way that "boring" photographs can really resonate within you. Sometimes the content is so banal that it makes us uncomfortable or question what we accept to be ordinary, because it puts us in the room with it where we can't look away.
The thing about them is that they're quiet moments. When you constantly have to look at images that are just "WOW PHOTO! IMAGE! AWESOME!" they take you off your guard. It always feels more like writing to me, because I get a much more tangible feeling for life and whatever story is going on there.
Alec Soth is an incredible example of this.
http://www.alecsoth.com/Mississippi-new/pages/frameset.html
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