Landscape photography is a type of photography that captures the spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. It typically captures the presence of nature but can also focus on human-made features or disturbances of landscapes. Landscape photography is done for a variety of reasons, such as to recall a personal observation or experience while in the outdoors, especially when traveling, or to be involved with nature and the elements, some as an escape from the artificial world.

Landscape photographs can show little or no human activity and are created in the pursuit of a pure, unsullied depiction of nature, devoid of human influence—instead featuring subjects such as strongly defined landforms, weather, and ambient light. Landscape photography commonly involves daylight photography of natural features of land, sky, and waters, at a distance—though some landscapes may involve subjects in a scenic setting nearby, even close-up, and sometimes at night. Photography of artificial scenery, such as farm fields, orchards, gardens, and architecture, may also be considered "landscape" photography as well.

In terms of orientation, landscape images are wider than they are tall, to capture the vastness of a natural setting, and align with the horizon line. This view is landscape orientation or horizontal orientation.