Week 8 Review Quiz

Even early in his career as a proponent of Pictorialism, what was the main difference between Pictorialist photographs and those of Alfred Stieglitz"

• His photographs were dreamy and surreal.

• His photographs usually focused on the world around him, rather than myths and allegorical motifs.

• There was no difference between Stieglitz and the Pictorialists.

• Alfred Stieglitz would allow friends to paint on top of his photographs.

What was Alfred Stieglitz major publication?

• Lenswork

• Camerawork

• Aperture

• Shutterbug

What characterizes straight photographs?

• Photographs that are taken with proper proportion and perspective.

• Photographs that are authentic and truthful.

• Photographs that are sharp, clear, and focused.

• Photographs taken from a vertical angle.

Why did Stieglitz call his pictures of clouds Equivalents?

• Because they looked like equal signs.

• The photographs clearly described the clouds.

• Stieglitz felt that what he felt when he took the photograph was IN the thing being photographed, and could translate directly to the viewer.

• Stieglitz thought that the clouds were equivalent to other forms of artworks.

What was Garry Winogrand's most controversial work?

• Stock Photographs

• The Animals

• Women Are Beautiful

• Public Relations

Who said that photographs are a "illusion of a literal description of how a camera saw a piece of time and space.”

• Alfred Stieglitz

• Garry Winogrand

• Walker Evans

• Henry Wessel

Which photographer influenced Garry Winogrand who made pictures that were grainy snapshots of American life?

• Walker Evans

• Jacob Riis

• Robert Frank

• Lee Friedlander

Who started the Photo-Secession?

• Alfred Steichen

• Alfred Stieglitz

• Edward Stieglitz

• Edward Steichen

What was the purpose of the Photo-Secession?

• It was a club that spear-headed Pictorialism in the United States.

• It was a club that focused on the new Straight Photography.

• It was a club that did not want to be a part of photography anymore.

• It was a cult of photographers started by Edward Steichen that pushed for the legitimacy of commercial photography as Art.

Which exhibition, set up by John Szarkowski and featured Garry Winogrand, Diane Arbus, and Lee Friedlander, reset the course for photography in the middle of the 1900s?

• New Topographics

• New Documents

• New Fact

• The Urban Landscape