The Myth of Landscapes 6

Landscape images can be a cities metropolis to the rolling hills of the countryside, and either way we can see how these wide-open spaces can put things into perspective.

A certain photographer that focuses on huge open spaces is Ansel Adams, he takes pretty obvious landscape photographs when you first look at them but it's fairly clear after a while that he has a way of showing the power that nature has at making us look totally irrelevant in remote areas of the world. Adams puts huge things into perspective like this giant mountain face. We can see just how big it is because of the trees at the bottom, and then again we can imagine how tall the trees are in comparison to a human. How small does that make us? 

     

Showing movement in landscapes can show the power of nature. It can show the changes and build ups in the landscape, it almost comes across as spiritual.  It might sound strange feeling a spiritual aspect in a 2D image, but you still imagine being there and seeing it in 3D. For me it comes across as spiritual because I can imagine feeling the chill of the mist moving in the air wrapping itself around the mountain face on a chilly morning. I think that is what Ansel Adams does really well in his work, he can transport you to wide open places and you can get a sense of what it would feel like to be there, even if it's nothing what it night be like you can still make a feeling of your own judgement.

The Myth of Tourism 

When we think of tourism photographs, the ones that come to mind would be bright happy colours with picturesque views and smiling natives. In actual fact these might show small ares to the holiday destinations but leaves out the truth to what that area might actually be like. For example they won't show off poverty and rundown areas, but that might actually be what makes up most of the area that you might be going to.