Abstract Photography Quiz

What is a common characteristic of abstract photography?

• It requires high-tech cameras to produce images.

• It is limited to the achievements of the Photo-Secession movement.

• It often involves cameraless photographs known as "photograms."

• It strictly adheres to the compositional traits of traditional photography.

Which of the following artists is NOT mentioned as having contributed to the advancements of abstract photography?

• Christian Schad

• Man Ray

• László Moholy-Nagy

• Pablo Picasso

Abstract photography is said to have what kind of relationship with Modern Art?

• No relationship at all

• A competitive relationship

• A complementary relationship

• An ambiguous relationship

What is one of the key ideas behind the use of "photograms" in abstract photography?

• To replicate the exact appearance of the subject matter

• To create images without the need for a camera

• To focus on high-resolution detail

• To use traditional darkroom development techniques

What does abstract photography focus on?

• Regular forms and familiar impressions

• Extraordinary and arresting subject-matter

• Irregular forms and impressions by representing familiar objects in new ways

• Detailed landscapes and portraits

Which artist is known for creating Vortographs?

• Walead Beshty

• Liz Deschenes

• Alvin Langdon Coburn

• William A. Garnett

What new perspective was introduced in abstract photography during the 1940s?

• Underwater photography

• Macro photography

• Aerial photography

• Infrared photography

What did William A. Garnett begin to photograph that was considered new and strange at the time?

• Cityscapes from skyscrapers

• Tract housing and machine-harvested fields from his aircraft

• Wildlife in natural habitats

• Celestial bodies from observatories

What did Aaron Siskind's close-ups of ordinary objects make him a leader of?

• Modernist painting

• 19th century sculpture

• 20th century abstract photography

• Renaissance art

Who is the artist associated with creating Vortographs?

• Keith Davis

• Kiyoshi Koishi

• Alvin Langdon Coburn

• Barry Stone