Why did Lewis Carroll give up photography in 1880?

Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, abandoned his photography hobby in 1880 because he felt the pursuit was consuming too much of his time that could be better utilized elsewhere.1

While some have speculated that this decision was prompted by concerns regarding his nude studies of children, there is no evidence to support such claims. Beyond his literary work, Dodgson was a talented photographer who captured notable portraits of figures such as Ellen Terry and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.1