Landscape Photos Besides Landscape Paintings

Photo By: Zach Simpson

Compare and contrast a landscape photograph with a landscape painting. Discuss the expressive possibilities of each medium using your examples to illustrate your argument.

I've found a photo of a foggy forest with no sign of life around and a painting of a foggy forest but a wolf's silhouette in the distance. They're both similar by that fact that its in a foggy forest taken at eye level. Although their differences are that the painting has blue shade while the actual photo has a green grey tone.

Hidden Values Within Photos

Photo By: Jacqueline Cioffa

 Find two landscape photographs that question social values or act as a metaphor for personal issues that the photographer is trying to express. Discuss whether the communication is clear or ambiguous and how this communication is conveyed.

I found a landscape photo of a surfboard in front of a oceanside sunset I beileve conveyes someone's innner peaceful place. Doing what they love in a beautiful place with no chaos around. Just nature.

Additionally, I found another landscape photo I believe represents someone's personal issues. They broken road symbolizes hard times and losing their path. After crossing through the
broken road their path is clear but long.

Photo By: Kyler Zeleny

Deeper Meanings Within Photos

Bethlehem, Graveyard and Steel Mill - Walker Evans 1935
Walker Evans Archive, 1994, The Metropolitan Museum

Discuss how effective Walker Evans has been in using a landscape image to communicate a point of view. Can this photograph be considered as Art? Give two reasons to support your answer.

Yes, I believe anything that our minds create with a deeper meaning can be considered art. For example, I believe Walker Evans took hthis photo in black in white to inflict sadness. Moreover he framed the cross tobstone in front of a city/factory to give a meaning of death and downfall.

Subject Depth In Landscapes

Create a landscape utilizing foreground subject matter to create a sense of depth. Discuss how the resulting image is likely to be read by the viewer.

In the photo on the left I frames the subject of matter in front of the landscape scenery to catch your eye using sense of depth.

Open Vs. Closed Landscape Photos

Open Landscape - Landscape Format

Closed Landscape - Landscape Format

Create two photographs in a location with tall buildings or trees using both formats. Create a closed and open landscape at one location. Discuss the different ways we read the resulting images.

In the photo above of Sedona's Red Rocks is a perfect example of open landscape where you can see everything to the landscape. Moreover, in the photo on the right is a closed landscape where you can't see anything past a couple feet.