Speculation: maybe we got better lens/DSLR tech or something that enabled crazy-sharp photos with a very big depth-of-field, making shots like this possible when they weren’t before? Seems like a lot of trends like this are actually just creatives gleefully rushing into whatever new territory just opened up. Blue LEDs are a great example of this.
I was there and do not have an answer for this.
Speculation: maybe we got better lens/DSLR tech or something that enabled crazy-sharp photos with a very big depth-of-field, making shots like this possible when they weren’t before? Seems like a lot of trends like this are actually just creatives gleefully rushing into whatever new territory just opened up. Blue LEDs are a great example of this.