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.
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