emotionally charged ~ a question

Death in the ER ~ Pittsburgh, PA • click to embiggenI have posted this picture previously. I am doing so again, re: my recent entry, people ~ telling it like it is, because I have come to notice that, when I post a picture with what I consider to be a high emotional content (human condition wise), it rarely instigates any comment and that fact makes me very curious.
That said, I make pictures in all kinds of situations and environments. I always have a camera with me and if something catches my eye and/or attention, I am most likely going to make a picture of it. A family portrait next to my mother in her coffin, a cute little kid on the beach, me all wired up and ready to have my heart stopped and re-started - they are, in a sense, all the same to me, picture making opportunity wise. It's all part of life / living. It's also why the ex-wife made it a point to tell me - at her husband's wake - that she wanted no pictures made of him in his coffin.
However, I have come to notice that not all picture makers feel the same way. In particular, I have started to wonder about those picture makers who picture the landscape - nature, urban, or otherwise. What I have noticed about them is that they rarely make pictures with people in them. Humankind, in the guise of actual people, are remarkably absent.
I wonder why this seems to be so*.
Is it because, as a group, landscape picture makers are uneasy in dealing, lens-to-face, with other people - especially so, in highly charged emotional situations? Or is it simply because they do not wish to "intrude" in those situations**? Do landscape picture makers deliberately choose to make pictures of such nature/urban referents because of the somewhat cool and detached picture making gaze that is most evident in the making of their pictures?
I am very curious, re: this topic - do you have any thoughts on the subject? Have you ever made any emotionally charged pictures? If so, have you shared them with others? Would you share them with us?
*FYI, in viewing the websites / blogs of many of the followers of The Landscapist, I have yet to see an intimate, emotionally charged picture.
**Although, it could be stated that hiding behind such an "excuse" is a great way to avoid dealing with such situations, picture making wise and and on a more intimate personal level.

Featured Comment: Craig Tanner wrote the longest comment ever made here on the The Landscapist. You can read it here.
Here's an excerpt: ... I will always shoot landscapes. Its my first love. But my life has been profoundly changed for the better over and over again by approaching people with my camera and I just can't say the same thing about the pure landscapes I have seen and photographed. There is almost no risk in shooting the average pure landscape shot and hence there is less chance for learning and reward. Most people would love to have a more meaningful and connected life but they don't want to be the ones who take the risks to get it ...