History of Photography

Who invented the technique called 'heliography'?

• Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

• Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

• George Eastman

• Ansel Adams

In 1839, which process was used by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre to photograph a Paris street scene?

• Heliography

• Daguerreotype

• Calotype

• Cyanotype

Who took the first photo of lightning in 1847?

• Louis Daguerre

• Thomas Easterly

• Ansel Adams

• Alfred Stieglitz

In 1847, Thomas Easterly made a daguerreotype of a bolt of lightning, which was the first picture to capture this natural phenomenon. What was unusual about Easterly's work compared to other daguerreotypists?

• He focused on portraits

• He made pictures of landscapes

• He used color photography

• He only photographed indoors.

Who was the daguerreotypist that followed the American Army to Veracruz, Mexico, in 1847?

• Roger Fenton

• Felix Tournachon

• Charles J. Betts

• Nadar

In 1858, Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, became the first to capture an aerial photograph in a tethered balloon over which city?

• London

• Paris

• New York

• Berlin

Who was the physicist responsible for creating the first rudimentary color photo in 1861?

• Albert Einstein

• James Clerk Maxwell

• Isaac Newton

• Marie Curie

In 1861, James Clerk Maxwell created a color image by superimposing three black-and-white images. Which colors were used as filters?

• Red, Green, Blue

• Yellow, Cyan, Magenta

• Red, Yellow, Blue

• Green, Blue, Yellow

Who was the photographer responsible for the first action photos in 1878?

• Ansel Adams

• Eadweard Muybridge

• Dorothea Lange

• Henri Cartier-Bresson

In what year was the first tornado photo taken?

• 1878

• 1880

• 1884

• 1890