In 1979 Stephen Shore, "Merced River, Yosemite National Park", 1930 Walker Evans, "Factory street in Amsterdam, New York", and in 1941 Dorothea Lange, "Road on the Great White Plains,” these three photographers transformed their landscape photographs into their own distinctive meaning through the expression of realism, a movement in modern photography that transforms a commonplace into an escape, Evans documents the effects of one of most important historical periods in history. American social history and Lange use his photography as a tool for political change Although they all embodied their photography with their own meaning, they did not share the same motivations. 1979, Stephen Shore's coolly detailed photograph, "Merced River, Yosemite National Park", California, transforms the environment into evocative paintings. In this photo he captures realism. Shore transforms the commonplace and captures its true singularity. You can see that this work is modern as it uses color to record the intensity of hues seen in life in order to project happiness, love and freedom. Shore's intention seemed to be to promote Yosemite National Park as an escape or vacation for the family. From a high vantage point, the image shows a family playing, depicting Yosemite as another place where families can spend quality time, relax and enjoy. Although it is a landscape photograph, it does not intend to conceal the human presence. If you look closely, you notice one of the children posing for another family member to take a photo. As your focus drifts away, you begin to notice the scenery surrounding the family. You see a strip of green forest blending into the mountains under a beautiful blue sky. There is a great distance captured from the middle of the paper to the shore, Evans' photograph is in black and white expressing despair. Its primary goal is to document the truth, representing social realism while preserving the effects of one of the most important historical periods in American social history. Dorothea Lange discovers the effects of unemployment after the Great Depression. She uses her documentary photography as a tool for political change. Similar to Evans, Lange's photo is black and white, projecting despair. His photo publicizes a call for help to the government. Shore advertised, Evans preserved a historical period, and Lange used his photography as a cry for help. They all had different motivations, but they all demonstrated a sense of realism in faithfully depicting nature and contemporary life as it really is, conveying an individual style and purpose, thereby expressing modernism..