Marketing, Not Photography
Brooks Jensen on LensWork Podcast ep. 948:
The minute people starting thinking about money—about selling their art work and marketing, etc.—the art of photography was diminished.
Jensen says his wife enjoys gardening, but doesn’t expect to be paid for planting something in her own yard.
So maybe the switch between “I make photos for art/fun/etc.” to “I make photos for money” is what makes so many people take the same kinds of photos.
It’s marketing, not photography.