A couple points to balance the opinions seen in the comments: -While the photographic offer grew a lot over the past decades, demand spiked as well. Ask yourse

A couple points to balance the opinions seen in the comments: -While the photographic offer grew a lot over the past decades, demand spiked as well. Ask yourself: how many pictures have you seen since you got up this morning? We're surrounded by screens. -It's not the camera that makes a great picture. However advanced and accessible the hardware gets, there's still a need for the creative minds operating it to produce quality content. For sure, owning good equipment is not enough anymore to make a living out of it, which was the case in the past, especially for local, family photographers. These needs are now fulfilled by the technology in our pockets. The scene is now worldwide. There's a profusion of imagery everywhere. To stand out of the noise, one needs to specialize and up the ante. Getty and other stock providers make the growing demand and offer meet, dragging down the value of "common" photography (through dubious ways sometimes). There's still plenty of space for high quality production, and it's not going anywhere anytime soon.