Landscape photography

The Tetons and the Snake River (1942) by Ansel Adams

Landscape photography (often shortened to landscape photos) captures the world's outdoor spaces, sometimes vast and unending and other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on human-made features or disturbances of the land. Landscape photography is created for a variety of reasons, one of the most common being capturing the experience of the outdoors.[1][2][3][4]

Many landscape photographs show little to no human activity and are created in the pursuit of a pure, unsullied depiction of nature that is devoid of human influence. These types of landscape photographs often feature subjects such as landforms, bodies of water, weather events, and natural light.[3][5] Other landscape photographs focus on human interventions in the landscape. The definition of a landscape photograph is therefore a broad concept that may include rural or urban settings, industrial areas, or nature photography.[6][7]

  1. ^ Caputo, Robert, "Landscape Photography Tips", National Geographic, August 2007, (from Photography Field Guide: Landscapes and Ultimate Photography Field Guide: Landscapes)
  2. ^ McNeal, Kevin with interviewer Dimitri Vasileiou, "In Conversation... Kevin McNeal" Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Landscape Photography Magazine, 2014 Edition, p.34
  3. ^ a b Ellement, Brad (U.K.) "Featured Artist: Brad Ellement" Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Landscape Photography Magazine, 2014 Edition, p.56
  4. ^ Vasilakis, Konstantinos, "Portfolio" Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Landscape Photography Magazine, 2014 Edition, p.88
  5. ^ Mary Warner Marien (2006). Photography: A Cultural History. Laurence King Publishing. Page 136.
  6. ^ Waite, Charlie with interviewer Keith Wilson, "In Conversation... Charlie Waite" Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Landscape Photography Magazine, 2014 Edition("The Big Free Edition" ), p.120
  7. ^ Purdue Univ., "Nature and Landscape Photography", from ''Visualizing Nature: Promoting Public Understanding and Appreciation of Nature, [Department of] Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, retrieved October 4, 2015.

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