History of Photography

How much was the first Brownie camera?

• $1

• $100

• $5

• $2

What were the first pictures in National Geographic?

• Native American Indians

• Lhasa of Tibet

• The Hill people of Stone Mountain Georgia

• None of these answers

This American photographer was famous for documenting early Native American Indians.

• Edward Curtis

• Patty O'Furniture

• Walker Evans

• Ansel Adams

When did the half-tone process begin

• 1890's

• 1980's

• 1902

• none of these answers

Why was the halftone process so important for newspapers (hint....it allowed readers to see something that they could not before)?

• For the first time, you could have photographs in newspapers

• It made it possible to produce color photographs

• It allowed newsprint to be smaller and stories longer

• none of these answers

This American photographer (also a teacher) documented child labor in the United States.

• Lewis Hine

• Edward Curtis

• Tom Brady

• Walker Evans

Paul Strand started what type of photography?

• Pictorialist

• Straight

• Minimalistic

• none of these answers

What was the first image to be sent via the wire photo?

• a plane crash

• the Hindenburg disaster

• photos of WW 1

• none of these answers

This photographer captured the Hindenburg disaster in a series of 3 photographs.

• Murry Becker

• Arther Rostein

• Walker Evans

• Gordon Parks

Murry Becker used what type of camera to take his memorable photos of the Hindenburg disaster?

• Kodak Brownie

• Argus T200

• Leica M

• SpeedGraphic