Landscape: Activity 3

Question: Compare and contrast a landscape with a landscape painting. Discuss the expressive possibilities of each medium using your examples to illustrate your argument. Choose your examples carefully as representative of the medium.

Example: The two images below are similar in subject matter, how are they similar? How are they different? What options dose a painter have compared to the options a photographer has in terms of expression.

A painter compared to a photographer has total control over their piece and what they are trying to accomplish with it. They are similar because they display a canyon that is similar in colors and appearance. They are difference because the photograph displays a more rich, more realistic version of the canyon while the contrasting one is sharper and the colors are harder. Though a painter may have more control over a piece, a photographer captures the now and the more realistic aspect of it. 

David Edwards
A Monsoon Storm In the Grand Canyon

Ed Mel
Ascending Storm