Is Landscape Photography Actually Dying? What the Data Says (And What I've Learned from 20 Years in the Field)

Is Landscape Photography Actually Dying? What the Data Says (And What I've Learned from 20 Years in the Field)

There’s a particular kind of loneliness that hits when you’re the only person on a ridge at golden hour. Not the good kind, the meditative solitude that drew most of us to this craft in the first place. The bad kind. The kind where you start wondering if everyone else quietly moved on and forgot to tell you. I’ve had that feeling more than once in the past couple of years, and I know I’m not alone in it, because the messages I get from fellow photographers say the same thing: people are putting down their cameras, selling their gear, walking away.