Brief History of Photography Quiz

What did Joseph Nicephore Niepce create?

• A heliograph

• The Kodak camera

• The first negative image

• The first camera obscura

What does camera obscura mean?

• Obscured camera

• Upside-down camera

• Dark lens

• Dark room

What is strange about the images projected in a camera obscura...?

• They are right-side up

• They are upside-down

• They are higher in contrast

• They have more detail

What was the major problem with photography in the early 1800s?

• We didn't know how to make camera obscuras

• We didn't know how to project the image

• We didn't know how to make the image stay

• We didn't know how to mail photos

Select all the answers that are TRUE about Daguerreotypes

• Printed on metal plates

• Cannot create multiples

• Printed in "negative"

• Created by Louis Daguerre

Select all the answers that are TRUE about Calotypes

• Could create multiple prints

• Used special paper treated with salt and silver nitrate

• Involved the use of paper

• Created by Eadweard Muybridge

Leland Stanford asserted that all four of his horse’s hooves left the ground at one time or another while mid-gallop. Was Leland Stanford right? 

• Yes, a horse's hooves all leave the ground when it gallops

• No, there is always one hoof on the ground

What does tableau vivant mean?

• French for "living picture"

• French for "vibrant image"

• An action photo of two or more people moving quickly

• A seated, traditional style of portrait

Why was the Kodak camera so popular?

• It held the capacity to take 10 photos

• It revolutionized the negative image

• It allowed anyone to become a photographer

• It forced users to develop their own film

Select all of the answers that are examples of VERNACULAR photography

• Journalistic photography

• Studio portraiture

• Scientific/forensic photography

• Passport photos