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 distinctive meaning through the expression of realism, a movement in modern photography that transforms a cliché into an escape, Evans documents the effects of one of the most important historical periods of the world 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 do not share the same motivations. In Stephen Shore's coldly detailed 1979 photograph, "Merced River, Yosemite National Park." , California”, transforms the environment into evocative tableaus. In this photo, he captures the realism. Shore transforms the cliché and captures its truly extraordinary nature. You can see that this work is modern as it uses color to record the intensity of hues seen in life to project happiness, love and freedom. Shore's intention appeared to be to market Yosemite National Park as a family escape or vacation. From an elevated perspective, the image captures a family playing, portraying Yosemite as another place where families can go and spend quality time, relax and have fun. Although it is a landscape photograph, it has no intention of hiding the human presence. If you look closely, you notice one of the children posing for another family member to take his photo. As your attention drifts away, you begin to notice the landscape surrounding the family. You see a swathe of verdant forest fading into the mountains under a beautiful blue sky. There is a great distance captured from the center of the paper to the shore, Evans' photography is black and white and conveys desperation. Its significant motif 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 reveals the effects of unemployment after the Great Depression. He uses his documentary photography as a tool for political change. Similar to Evans, Lange's photo is black and white, projecting desperation. His photo advertises a cry for help to the government. Shore advertised, Evans preserved a historical period, and Lange used his photograph as a cry for help. They all had different incentives, however they all demonstrated a sense of realism in representing nature and contemporary life truthfully, as they really are, conveying individual style and purpose, thus expressing modernism..