Your idea does not sound viable.  For certain famous privately owned properties, they can prevent other photos from being published.  For everything else, normal photography law applies: In the US (and I think in Western countries in general), you are allowed to photograph any place, thing, or person in public, especially when taken from a public place.  You can't invade privacy into a house with a zoom lens.  You can't use a picture of someone commercially (i.e. in an ad or similar) without their permission, but you can use pictures of anyone editorially (in a newsworthy article, discussion, critique, or privately).