Landscape photography reveal some amazing places in the world to see. They usually show vast areas of endless space. The photographers usually capture images of our surrounding environment, lots of nature but they do capture some more modern images showing disruption in our nature.
Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
Ansel Adams is an example of a landscape photographer. He produced his images in black and white as you can see from the examples. Although no colour is used to show the true extent of the beauty of the landscape, i believe that the black and white effect adds more dramatic impact to the scenery and adds a feeling of mystery and tranquility through the simplicity. Adams is described as an environmentalist from America.
"Adams primarily used large-format cameras because their high resolution helped ensure sharpness in his images."
The example pictures here are from the American countryside. Although a lot of his works are in black and white, Adams did experiment with colour on a many occasions but most of his more well known pieces are in black and white.
Ansel Adams, an Environmental Activist, work consisted a lot of large forms such as huge factories, mountains, places with a vast amount of space.
I think that Ansel Adams photography lovely to look at for only a short amount of time. Because they are just so huge and mainly of scenery, the eye gets slightly bored of looking at similar things. They are very tranquil looking and do make you feel relaxed and thoughtful but I personally prefer more active photographs, photographs which have more life and fire to them. This is not to deny that his photographs are amazing and beautiful. It would have to take a very skilled and accomplished photographer to be able to take images such as his. Some of his images are so beautiful, it is hard to believe that these places really do exist in the world.
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