Landscape: Activity 5: Blog

Landscape: Activity 5: Blog

In this landscape I took in Payson, Arizona, I used the forrest trail sign in the foreground to create a sense of depth in the background of the trees and mountains. I was trying to create an adventurous theme in this photo, like the sign points toward discovery and excitement in whatever lies beyond. I think the viewer will interpret it this way, or get a sense that the forest and wilderness is larger than life and full of possibilities. 

Landscape: Activity 4: Blog

Landscape: Activity 4: Blog

1. Open Landscape
I took this photo of the Empire State building in New York city over fall break. Because the building occupies hardly any of the sky, it can be classified as an open landscape. Along with the brighter, warmer colors I tried to edit into this photo, the open sky might give the photograph a more optimistic and colorful theme to an otherwise gray and industrial area of New York.

  

2. Closed Landscape

I also took this picture in New York city of the famous Exchange and Broadway streets. Unlike the open landscape photo, no sky is visible, giving off the opposite effect. The theme is darker and the man made structures become more evident. 

Landscape: Activity 3: Blog

Landscape: Activity 3: Blog

These two artistic representations of the skyline of Paris featuring the Eiffel Tower, although of the same subject matter, are very different. The top image is a painting, while the lower is a photograph. The painting features more colors, like the autumn trees and the almost golden brown siding of the building reflect warmer tones which are absent among the whites in he photograph. The clouds in the painting are also less realistic, adding an almost surreal quality to the image. So, the top image might appeal to the likes of a more idealist individual, while a realist like myself prefer the bottom image, and think it is much more appealing. In terms of a medium, the painting could be used to express more emotions as it is difficult to edit the aspects of a landscape (note that the photograph does not have any editing work done to it at all.)

 
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1399516/thumbs/o-PARIS-SKYLINE-570.jpg?2
http://havecamerawilltravel.com/wp-content/tn3/Eiffel-Tower-and-Paris-Skyline.jpg

Landscape: Activity 2: Blog

Landscape: Activity 2: Blog


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Border_Mexico_USA.jpg

This photo of the U.S./Mexico border shows a sharp contrast between the lifestyles of the two countries. Mexico (on the right) has highly overcrowded areas and much poverty, while the U.S. (left) has a lot of agricultural development and resources, with much less buildings and roads.



This picture of chemical production factories could symbolize the environmental issues that plague our generation and the future ones to come. I believe one could see this with a deeper symbolic meaning or just as a simple landscape of several factories.

Landscape: Activity 1: Blog

Landscape: Activity 1: Blog



Objective Analysis- In the photo, you can see a small cemetery surrounded by a bustling cities with factories, small apartment buildings or shops, and power lines that stretch out into the distance. Most of the headstones in the graveyard are crosses, indicating this is probably a catholic or christian church cemetery. The grass in the yard is overrun which matches the condition of the rest of the city. 
Subjective Analysis- In the picture there is more than just a town and graveyard, I think all the elements in this picture symbolize how close life and death run, and how fast you can go from living and working in the crowded city to resting forever in the graveyard. Or maybe it kind of depicts the graveyard as an oasis in the stressful environment of the town.
Landscape- Walker Evans successfully used composition of landscape to communicate his point of view by including very diverse elements in the frame. For example, he includes both the cross and buildings and the grass and chimneys to create a sharp contrast.