Abstract:
This essay evolves about landscape, seascape and cityscape photography, but
mostly it is about landscape photography. A few landscape photographers, namely
Carleton E Watkins, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Ansel Adams, Stephen
Shore and seascape and cityscape photographer Gabrielle Basilico, will
subsequently be discussed.
In this essay the discussion is arranged according to the birth dates of the
photographers. Their history will be discussed for what they did and awards they
received. There will also follow a brief discussion of Adams' work for the writer
admires his work the most. Ansel Adams wrote that "Perhaps the most important
characteristic of my work is what may be called print quality. It is very important
that the reproductions be as good as you can possibly get them" (Stillman, 1995:4).
