Deck 7: Photography

Question 1

What part of the camera controls the amount of time light can strike the film?

Answer 1

not answered

Question 2

_______ invented the Polaroid camera.

A) Stieglitz
B) Bourke-White
C) Cartier-Bresson
D) Edwin Land

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The device invented in the 16th century as a means of capturing and fixing images from the natural world whose name means "dark room" is:

A) film noir
B) camera verite
C) zoopraxiscope
D) camera obscura

Answer 3

D

Question 4

_______ used photographs to increase public awareness of the beauty of nature in his/her photos of national parks.

A) Stieglitz
B) Bourke-White
C) Cartier-Bresson
D) Adams

Question 5

Compare and contrast Jane and Louis Wilson's The Silence is Twice as Fast Backwards I with Man Ray's Rayograph. How does process influence their imaging?

Question 6

This photographer of Atop the Chrysler Building was associated with Life magazine.

A) Julia Margaret Cameron
B) Margaret Bourke-White
C) Ansel Adams
D) Alfred Stieglitz

Question 7

What was George Eastman's contribution to the development of photography?

Question 8

A promoter of environmentalism and social problems, this artist is known primarily for photographs of the natural environment, such as Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California.

A) Eliot Porter
B) Sonia Landy Sheridan
C) Edward Steichen
D) Ansel Adams

Question 9

Many contemporary photographers use new _______ technology, exemplified by Andreas Gursky's Statesville, Illinois.

A) digital
B) collage
C) ASA/ISO
D) Photo chemical

Question 10

_______ was an early advocate of photography as an art form. He/she opened a gallery in New York City in 1905.

A) Steiglitz
B) Bourke-White
C) Cartier-Bresson
D) Edwin Land

Question 11

Explain how a camera works, making sure to describe the shutter, lens, and aperture.

Question 12

Perfecting the photographic process, Louis Daguerre was able to include _______ in his photographs, as seen in his 1839 photo Le Boulevard du Temple.

A) buildings
B) street scenes
C) people
D) motion

Question 13

The invention of photography has changed art more than any other invention. Citing examples, explain this statement. Discuss the evolution of photography as an accepted art form. Who were the primary contributors to this acceptance?

Question 14

Identify the creator of the first photographic image?

Question 15

The method of photography that first allowed families in the United States and Europe to collect photos of themselves was:

A) heliography
B) camera obscura
C) zoogyroscope
D) daguerreotype

Question 16

Who was Alfred Stieglitz and what was his contribution to photography?

Question 17

Discuss the developments in history that would lead to the development of photography up to the beginning of the 20th century.

Question 18

_______ is credited with introducing the concept of the photo essay.

A) Stieglitz
B) Bourke-White
C) Cartier-Bresson
D) Hine

Question 19

One of the earliest forms of photographic images was a:

A) composite print
B) daguerreotype
C) zolotype
D) Kodak

Question 20

Why is the lens considered the most important part of a camera? What are the various capabilities of a good lens?
Essay Questions

Question 21

What is digital imagery, and why is it important for the future? How has digital imagery influenced photography? What are the various directions in which photography is headed today?