Activity 1

View the image by Walker Evans on this page and describe what you can actually see (objective analysis) and what you think the image is about (subjective analysis).

Discuss how effective Walker Evans has been in using a landscape image to communicate a point of view. Can this photograph be considered as Art? Give two reasons to support your answer.

Make sure you include the image in your blog post with credit in the citation. When you analyze the photo, look for deeper meaning beyond the literal description of the Photo.

What I see in this photo is a graveyard in the middle of a small city. Buildings seem to surround the graveyard on all sides. A grave stone shaped as a cross is on of the main center of focus since it is closest to the camera and is one of the largest objects in the photo. I think this image is about the evolution of our surroundings. How even though the buildings around the graveyard are advancing and encroaching it, the graveyard itself stays the same. Like it is frozen in time while everything around it changes. 

I feel that Walker Evans has been very effective in using a landscape image to communicate a point of view. You can see how the building seem to loom over the graveyard, almost threatening it, but the graveyard remains constant. And yes this photo can be considered as art. two reasons I think this is because it is a unique point of view of Walker Evans and it shows his opinion on how he feels of this place. 

Graveyard and Steel Mill - Walker Evans 1935