Activity 3

Compare and contrast a landscape photograph 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 does a painter have compared to the options a photographer has in
terms of expression.

Photo by: David Edwards 

Painting by: Ed Mel

Photo by: Unknown

Painting by: Lori McNee

The two images are similar in subject matter being that they're both of white mountains. They are different because the photographer only has what is in front of him to work with, but the painter is open to interpretation.