Is it just me or where I live, when I happen to meet a photographer they are mostly in their 20's and older? Sure there are young students studying photography and there are teenage hipsters who think they are photographers but from what I am seeing most photographers that consistently produce good results are already mature.

Is it because most photographers get into photography after college unlike music wherein we have child prodigies? Or is it because photography gear have always been costly? Or is it even with recent developments such as smartphones already getting high quality photos, photography is a hard art form to master and it takes years of hardwork and talent in order to produce decent work?

Pic not that related but it is a work of one of my favorite photographers.