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>There is just as much framing involved
Okay? But focal length isn't about framing, it's about perspective. For most shots, radical perspective (outside of ~28-~105, for some things a little longer) is just a gimmick being used by people who can't/can't-be-assed-to make their shots even superficially interesting otherwise.
>natchwey
While he definitely shoots wide, I don't think Nachtwey usually shoots as wide as most people think he does. Before he switched to EOS 1s with the 16-35, he shot Leica Ms, I believe mostly with a 35 but I'm not sure. The widest practical lens in the M system at the time was a 21mm, and if you look through his portfolio there's only a few shots that evince massively wide perspective; most of them look no wider than a 28. It seems to me he doesn't often go wider than 24.