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History of Photography Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first camera ever created was called the

a)

Polaroid

b)

Silver Snapshot

c)

Camera Obscura

d)

Tin Typer

2.

Which chemist made the first surviving photographic image?

a)

Claude Monet

b)

Joseph Niepce

c)

Louis Daguerre

d)

John Herschel

3.

Which inventor created the "daguerreotype" on a copper plate?

a)

Louis Daguerre

b)

Ansel Adams

c)

Robert Capa

d)

John Herschel

4.

Which inventor created the "calotype" on paper coated with silver?

a)

William Henry Fox Talbot

b)

John Herschel

c)

Louis Daguerre

d)

Joseph Niepce

5.

"Tintype" photographs were made on thin ____________ plates instead of glass.

a)

glass

b)

oil

c)

paper

d)

metal

6.

Which artist was the first photographer to take photos from a hot air balloon?

a)

Louis Daguerre

b)

Robert Capa

c)

Nadar

d)

Joseph Neipce

7.

Which photographer devoted his career to capturing motion through photography?

a)

Louis Daguerre

b)

Eadweard Muybridge

c)

Robert Capa

d)

John Herschel

8.

Which style of photography became popular because it gave an accurate representation of land, cities and landmarks?

a)

Art

b)

Documentation

c)

Landscape

d)

Abstract

9.

Which type of landscape daguerreotype was much wider than it was high?

a)

portrait

b)

panoramic

c)

cube

d)

art

10.

Which type of photography is created with the intent to inform?

a)

Art

b)

Documentation

c)

Landscape

d)

Abstract

11.

Which American photographer photographed the Native Americans and their cultures and traditions?

a)

John Herschel

b)

Edward Curtis

c)

Robert Capa

d)

Ansel Adams

12.

Which American photographer spent years photographing scenes from the Civil War?

a)

Robert Capa

b)

Ansel Adams

c)

Matthew Brady

d)

Nadar

13.

Who was the police reporter that worked using an indoor flash to photograph the overcrowded slums of New York which led to reformed housing codes?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Ansel Adams

c)

Andrew Gardner

d)

Joseph Niepce

14.

Which type of photography was used to capture portraits, movement, and emotion?

a)

Documentation

b)

Abstract

c)

Art

d)

Landscape

15.

Which French photographer is known for the exciting action shots of his wealthy family and their endeavors?

a)

Jaques-Henri Lartigue

b)

Nadar

c)

John Herschel

d)

Joseph Niepce

16.

Which photographer was known for his photographs of Parisian nightlife?

a)

Jaques-Henri Lartigue

b)

Brassai

c)

Jaques Louis David

d)

Arnold Newman

17.

This artist promoted photography as a fine art and created the photography magazine "Camera Work"

a)

Ansel Adams

b)

Alfred Steiglitz

c)

Arnold Newman

d)

Lewis Hine

18.

Which photographer is known for his close up, high contrast photographs of simple objects with dramatic lighting?

a)

Alexander Gardner

b)

Edward Weston

c)

Julia Margaret Cameron

d)

Alfred Steiglitz

19.

Which American photographer and environmentalist took black and white landscape photographs of the American West?

a)

Robert Capa

b)

Arnold Newman

c)

Ansel Adams

d)

Alexander Gardner

20.

Which photographer took photographs of immigrants and children working in mines and factories to help pass child labor laws?

a)

Lewis Hine

b)

Brassai

c)

Julia Margaret Cameron

d)

Edward Weston

21.

Which American photojournalist photographed scenes from 5 different wars and died in combat?

a)

Robert Capa

b)

Alexander Gardner

c)

Edward Weston

d)

Nadar

22.

Which photographer is known for her silly self-portraits using extreme makeup and costumes

a)

Sally Mann

b)

Juila Margaret Cameron

c)

Cindy Sherman

d)

Brassai

23.

Which famous fashion photographer took up-close, high contrast portraits of celebrities?

a)

Richard Avedon

b)

Edward Curtis

c)

Robert Capa

d)

Ansel Adams

24.

Which photographer took environmental portraits of artists and celebrities?

a)

Arnold Newman

b)

Edward Curtis

c)

Sally Mann

d)

Robert Capa

25.

Which American photographer is known for her "controversial" photographs of her young daughters?

a)

Cindy Sherman

b)

Sally Mann

c)

Julia Margaret Cameron

d)

Brassai