Comment by Aurornis

> Many, many famous photojournalists and artists embraced wide angle decades before skater culture did.

Photography threads are interesting because they arrive with so many different interpretations of history. There are multiple comments claiming that “everyone” did one thing until a certain famous photographer or specific subculture came along and disrupted the world.

Yet like you said, the only real driver was the affordability and availability of equipment. When it became attained, people started using it.