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WorksheetsHistory of Photography
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 32mins
How much was the first Brownie camera?
$1
$100
$5
$2
What were the first pictures in National Geographic?
Native American Indians
Lhasa of Tibet
The Hill people of Stone Mountain Georgia
None of these answers
This American photographer was famous for documenting early Native American Indians.
Edward Curtis
Patty O'Furniture
Walker Evans
Ansel Adams
When did the half-tone process begin
1890's
1980's
1902
none of these answers
Why was the halftone process so important for newspapers (hint....it allowed readers to see something that they could not before)?
For the first time, you could have photographs in newspapers
It made it possible to produce color photographs
It allowed newsprint to be smaller and stories longer
none of these answers
This American photographer (also a teacher) documented child labor in the United States.
Lewis Hine
Edward Curtis
Tom Brady
Walker Evans
Paul Strand started what type of photography?
Pictorialist
Straight
Minimalistic
none of these answers
What was the first image to be sent via the wire photo?
a plane crash
the Hindenburg disaster
photos of WW 1
none of these answers
This photographer captured the Hindenburg disaster in a series of 3 photographs.
Murry Becker
Arther Rostein
Walker Evans
Gordon Parks
Murry Becker used what type of camera to take his memorable photos of the Hindenburg disaster?
Kodak Brownie
Argus T200
Leica M
SpeedGraphic
What was the new American magazine which relied heavily on photographs to tell its stories?
Time
Life
Newsweek
60 minutes
What is the term used to describe how pictures tell stories?
photo essay
picture story
editorial process
none of these answers
What does FSA stand for?
Farm Security Administration
Farmers Security Association
Farmers Insurance
none of these answers
Who was responsible for assembling the FSA?
Roy Stricker
Patty O'Furniture
Dorthea Lange
Gordon Parks
Roy Stricker was not a photographer but he helped assemble photographers for the FSA
True
False
Gordon Parks was a member of the FSA
true
false
Gordon Park's first assignment was to take photos of politicians in Washington DC.
True
False
This photo was Gordon Park's most famous image. Why do you think he took it?
(a)
This photo of Ella Watson was never published by the US government, why?
It was an indictment against America and both Gordon Parks and Roy Stryker would have been fired.
It was out of focus
It was in black and white
none of these answers
Who was NOT an FSA photographer?
Walker Evans
Dorthea Lange
Gordon Parks
Ansel Adams
According to the video what had the greatest impact on the American people during the Vietnam War?
video
film
photography
none of these answers
According to the video, what does not lie?
the camera
the photograph
video
none of these answers
How long was man in space before we had taken a photograph of the earth?
10 years
5 years
1 year
15 years
What president was the first modern master of the photograph?
John F Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Ben Franklin
Richard Nixon
What was the song Ohio about? Who wrote it.
The Kent State Massacre, Neil Young
The Kent State Massacre, Steven Stills
It was about the poor working conditions in rural Ohio, Johnny Cash
none of these answers
AP photographers alter their photographs
true
false
Who controlled the media during the Gulf war?
the US government
AP photographers
The government of Kuwait
none of these answers
What weren’t photographers allowed to shoot during the gulf war?
dead American soldiers
dead Iraqi soldiers
dead Kuwaiti soldiers
none of these answers
From the many images of the Vietnam war that were in the video, please list two and describe them.
