| Nowhere is the phrase "a picture is worth a | | | | Landscape photography has become fashionable |
| thousand words" more true than in relation to | | | | and highly prized by collectors in the 21st century. |
| landscape photography. Photography itself is less | | | | This renaissance of appreciation for landscape |
| than 200 years old. In fact the term | | | | photography is best shown in the price of $2.9 |
| "photography," which most people take for | | | | million dollar paid in 2006 for a photo of a moonlit |
| granted, was not coined until 1839. Landscape | | | | pond in New York State by the well-known 20th |
| photography provided people with windows to | | | | century artist Edward Steichen. |
| distant worlds and cultures they would otherwise | | | | Fortunately, high quality fine art prints make it |
| not be able to experience. | | | | possible for everyday people to enjoy landscape |
| Land formations and natural wonders inspired | | | | prints at reasonable costs. When printed on |
| early landscape photographers. Photos of the gold | | | | archival photo paper the photographs retain their |
| rush in the American west showed gold miners | | | | depth of color and purity of tones and have the |
| panning for gold along streams in spectacular | | | | look and feel of traditional photographs. C-type |
| settings. In the 1920s Scottish-born Ansel Adams | | | | prints combine the modern technology of lasers |
| documented the American west with his | | | | and the wet process of traditional photography to |
| photographs of some of the most rugged, | | | | create sharp and clear photographic images with |
| beautiful and dramatic wilderness landscapes of | | | | no distortion. |
| the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Grand Tetons, | | | | When buying fine art prints, collectors, decorators, |
| and other mountain ranges. Laura Gilpin traveled | | | | corporate buyers, and private individuals should |
| the southwest to record American landscapes | | | | look for prints that are signed, titled, dated, and |
| throughout most of the 20th century. | | | | number consecutively. A certificate of authenticity |
| Landscape photographs not only depict pastoral or | | | | can verify the uniqueness of a print. A typical |
| dramatic natural scenes, they also record | | | | certificate will include a thumbnail image of the |
| environmental, economic, and social change. John | | | | print; a description of where, when, and how the |
| Davies, for examples, documents the changing | | | | photograph was taken; and information on the |
| face of Britain in the post-industrial age, while | | | | materials and processes used. |
| Andreas Gursky creates large-scale gritty images | | | | Fine art prints of modern or traditional landscapes |
| of urban scenes. | | | | grace the walls of private homes, corporations, |
| Modern landscape photographers continue to | | | | and institutions. It is hard to imagine a room or |
| photograph the earth's natural beauties, and they | | | | building without some sort of landscape pictures |
| are expanding their realms. With high tech | | | | on the wall. Landscape photographs evoke feelings |
| photographic equipment and processes they are | | | | for special times and places. They can be moving, |
| exposing the public to the landscapes of the moon | | | | exciting or soothing, or just pleasing to the eye. |
| and areas under the sea. Just like the earliest | | | | They may include people or animals, or they may |
| landscape photographers, they show worlds most | | | | represent nature exclusively. Without a doubt, |
| people will never see. | | | | landscape photographs enhance any setting. |