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WorksheetsWho's Who of Photo History
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This person made the first permanent photographic image from nature. His name is...
a)
Morse
b)
Daguerre
c)
Niepce
d)
Talbot
2.
In what year was this first photographic image made?
a)
1816
b)
1826
c)
1941
d)
1778
3.
Who was the "father of American photography?"
a)
Samuel Morse
b)
Joseph Niepce
c)
Louis Daguerre
d)
Steve Sasson
4.
The instant chemical photo system was developed by whom?
a)
Steve Sasson
b)
Samuel Morse
c)
Joseph Niepce
d)
Dr. Edwin Land
5.
This chemist developed a photo "fixer" and he also "coined" the word photography. His name is...
a)
Herschel
b)
Schulze
c)
Scheele
d)
Wedgewood
6.
This person was the first to conceive the idea of photography using a "camera obscura."
a)
Schulze
b)
Scheele
c)
Wedgewood
d)
Talbot
7.
The word photography literally means what?
a)
light sculpture
b)
sun writing
c)
bright messages
d)
light writing
8.
This scientist discovered that silver nitrate salts could change color from light to dark.
a)
Schulze
b)
Scheele
c)
Herschel
d)
Eastman
9.
This person invented a flexible roll, dry film that made photography something that anyone could do.
a)
Wedgewood
b)
Land
c)
Eastman
d)
Sasson
10.
This person invented the first true digital camera in 1976. Kodak didn't like it and passed on the idea.
a)
Steve Sasson
b)
Dr Edwin Land
c)
George Eastman
d)
Liebovitz
11.
The word "camera obscura" literally means what?
a)
large room
b)
big chamber
c)
dark tunnel
d)
dark chamber
12.
This person confirmed that silver nitrate salts were sensitive to light and NOT heat.
a)
Schulze
b)
Scheele
c)
Herschel
d)
Talbot
13.
William Henry Fox Talbot invented a photo method that his mother wanted him to name the Talbot-O-Type...instead he called it the what?
a)
Polaroid
b)
Subtractive System
c)
Calotype
d)
Daguerreotype
14.
This Frenchman is known for making photography "practical" meaning that the process was dependable and could be repeated.
a)
Niepce
b)
Talbot
c)
Land
d)
Daguerre
15.
George Eastman named his company after his first camera that he marketed that held enough film for 100 photos. What is that name?
a)
Kodak
b)
Polaroid
c)
Fugi
d)
GAF
16.
Who was the photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration who made the now famous image known as "Migrant Mother?"
a)
Hine
b)
Brady
c)
Lange
d)
Liebovitz
17.
This photographer helped to change child labor laws in the US with his photos exploiting child labor practices. His name was...
a)
Lange
b)
Land
c)
Liebovitz
d)
Hine
18.
The first woman photographer to have her work in the National Portrait gallery and the head photographer for both Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair.
a)
Lange
b)
Leibovitz
c)
Clinton
d)
Wile
19.
All photos are made of 4 elements: They are...
a)
Light, Space, Time, Energy
b)
Light, Sound, Time, Emotion
c)
Light, Space, Color, Emotion
d)
Light, Space, Time, Emotion
20.
When a photographer thinks about and plans an image before actually making the image, he is using what?
a)
Extra Sensory Perception
b)
Pre-visualization
c)
visual literacy
d)
Rule of Thirds
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