Unit 5 Activity 5

In landscape you get a sense of depth from the objects in the photograph. As you can see in this photograph the river goes beyond what the viewers can see giving off a sense of depth. Also, the bushes along the river help with the sense of depth of field because they to go beyond what the viewers can see. Lastly, the mountains in the background help bring a sense of depth to the photograph.

Unit 5 Activity 4

 Closed

Open 

Open and Closed landscape are totally two different concepts. Above are two images one of open landscape and the other of closed landscape. In the example of open landscape the sky and much more is included the picture so the viewers can see the entire scene. With the open landscape the viewers interpretation is different then it would be with a closed. With open landscape the viewers will interpret the image as they see it in front of them, but with a closed landscape the interpertation and focus is on the less obvious items. With landscape in general the depth of field sense is hard to interpret. But when you compare the open and closed you can sense that the closed image has a shorter depth of field then the open.

    

Unit 5 Activity 3

The two images above are examples of landscape. The top example is a painting while the other is a photograph. Both are examples of landscape where the expressive possibilities are on going. For painting the artist can decide what he or she would like to take away or add in the painting. In the example above the artist could have taken away or added tress and plants or they could have made the path go in a different direction or changed the width of the path. As far as photography goes the photographer cant just eliminate objects in the picture unless they go into a photo edit on the computer and get ride of it. So the photographer must carefully pick what he or she wants in the photographs that will express the photographer. You can find more examples and the examples I posted at the two links below.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Painting: http://www.sinoorigin.com/modern-landscape-painting.html
Landscape: http://www.madma.org/landscape-nature.htm

Unit 5 Activity 2

The two images above are examples of photographers questioning social values. These images question social values in that the pollution is an example of the over consumption of non recyclable items. The communication is obviously clear when it comes to the images above, on polluting the waters. This is because the main focus is on all the non recyclable items in the water. You can find these images as well as many other examples at the website http://coastalcare.org/2009/11/plastic-pollution/

Landscape Activity 1

The image captured by Walker Evans is  a landscape image. The objective analysis (what you can actually see in the image) are objects like the cemetery stones, some buildings, electricity poles. etc. I personally think this image is about a message of life. Although people die life still goes on. Poeple build around the ones that others have lost. This image can be considered art due to the fact that it is a photograph of realism. Realism is choosing an everyday subject matter that helps prompt photography as a aesthetic medium. This image could also be considered art because you can tell Evans has put thought into this photograph. He though about the subject matter(s), the style wanted to propose and he put his expression into the photograph.