Landscape Activity 1

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View the image by Walker Evans on this page and describe what you can actually see (objective analysis) and what you think the image is about (subjective analysis).

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.

Photo By: Walker Evans

- In the image here created by Walker Evans you can view the image and see a couple objects (object analysis. As you analyze  the image you can see that there is a grave yard in the foreground of the image, behind that a few building and then you can see some kind of factory in the background of the image. Walker Evans was best know for is work during the Depression Era.

This image is considered art, because you do not need something beautiful and outstanding to be considered art, art is what you have to say within the image, the hidden message. History is art, this image gives has a lot of history in along with it. Art is not just about beauty its the whole aspect of it.

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Find two examples of photographs, which make use of maximum depth of field, and two examples, which have very shallow depth of field.
Describe how the photographer’s selective use of aperture affects the subject in each of the photographs you have chosen.

These two photos are examples of Shallow Depth of field gives a more focus on the subject and blurs out the background and foreground of the image. the photographer used a smaller apature size. 

Photo By: Jenny Onsager

Photo By: Cam MIller

The next two are examples of Maximum Depth of Field making everything in focus nothing blurred out, giving a clear image. The photographer used a larger aparture size.

Photo By: Todd Terry

Photo By: Russ Burden