Chapter 9: Photography

What invention made the precise detail possible in Jacob Riis's photographs for How the Other Half Lives?

• flash photography

• multiple exposures

• digital processing

• handheld camera

What was the significance of Eastman Kodak’s 1937 invention of Kodachrome film?

• It allowed photographers to make color photographs for the first time.

• It improved the accuracy of color photography.

• It caused color photography to be accepted by artists.

• It eliminated fading in color photographs.

How does James Welling increase viewer knowledge about his works like 9812 when they are exhibited?

• He does demonstrations of his process.

• He holds workshops.

• He includes explanatory videos.

• He makes booklets available so they can understand the process.

Jeff Wall describes himself as a “near-documentary” photographer because

• he prefers color over black-and-white photographs.

• he blows up his images to maximum size.

• his realistic images are staged.

• he shows his work in art museums and galleries.

What provided the artistic model for photographic portraits?

• newspaper photography

• established traditions in painting

• popular posters and advertisements

• scientific illustrations

What was the social impact of Jacob Riis’s book How the Other Half Lives?

• Many poor immigrants were deported from the city.

• Money raised by sales of the photographs was donated to poor families.

• Factories were forced to provide housing for their workers.

• Laws were passed to improve conditions for the poor.

Which Renaissance artist described the uses of the camera obscura?

• Titian

• Rapheal

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

What was one reason that Ansel Adams photographed Yosemite?

• to raise environmental awareness

• to attract investors for park camping

• to increase tourism

• he was on vacation

What does the f-stop determine?

• depth of field

• focal length

• developmetn time

• shutter speed

What was unusual about “rayographs”?

• The film was double exposed.

• The subjects did not know they were being photographed.

• The photographs were always exhibited.

• No camera or lens was used.