>>4312163>photography has fallen into a realism holeyep but it's just one style of photography, one that dominates the market, but still only one style. there are a lot of photographers trying to create something surreal, impressionistic or atmospheric than realistic. probably the first thing that comes to mind is that whole "backrooms" aesthetic, which has really exploded as a genre of processing images: lots of noise and compression, blown-out highlights and psychedelic colours, or simply a "degraded" look which is supposed to evoke a poorly-remembered past or grim future, not something realistic. I understand you're describing the general market view of photography as a process but there's definitely a weird, creative and experimental underground even to this day. As long as there's another generation growing up with cameras there will always be photography from new perspectives.
>>4312338overlooked comment.
wide angle lens are good for shooting indoors or in other cramped spaces like alleyways, cars or trains.
unfortunately I can't contribute with a wide-angle lens photo of my own so here's a cool one from this page:
https://www.getfractals.com/wide-angle-photography-how-to-take-better-wide-angle-photos 