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History & Genre Photo Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the significance of this image?
a)
First Photograph
b)
Calotype
c)
Wet Plate 
d)
Surreal 
2.
What is the significance of this item?
a)
First Kodak camera
b)
First consumer camera
c)
First advertisment
d)
First camera
3.

Who is the photographer of this image?

a)

Edward Weston

b)

Edweard Muybridge

c)

Dorothea Lange

d)

Joseph Niepce

4.

The person to took the first permanent camera image is?

a)

Joseph Niepce

b)

Louis Daguerre

c)

Robert Cornelius

d)

George Eastman

5.
This is a small dark room, where a small hole at one end projects an image on the opposite wall.
a)
Kodak Brownie
b)
Camera Obscura
c)
Polaroid
d)
Daguerreotype
6.

He is the founder of the Kodak corporation (1888) and invented paper based film.

a)

Edweard Muybridge

b)

George Eastman

c)

Luis Daguerre

d)

James Clerk Maxwell

7.

How long was the exposure time for the first ever photographic image?

a)

8 seconds

b)

8 minutes

c)

8 hours

d)

8 days

8.

Who developed the first camera using digital electronics to capture and store images?

a)

Steven Sasson, an engineer from Kodak, in 1975

b)

Sammy Silverado, a documentary photographer in 1964

c)

Michelle Smith, an inventor, in 1922

d)

Rishka Romma, a celebrity blogger, in 2017

9.
Photography comes from 2 words meaning?
a)
picture/drawing
b)
light/drawing
c)
drawing/color
10.
Why was Louis Daguerre important to Joseph Nicephore Niepce's work?
a)
He took the world's first selfie.
b)
He figured out how to keep the images from fading away.
c)
He gave Niepce a lot of money.
d)
He developed the first ever color film.
11.

Camera Obscura means

a)

Photography

b)

Dark Chamber

c)

Camera in French

12.

The worlds first photograph was taken in

a)

1806

b)

1826

c)

1876

d)

1906

13.

What is another name for a "pinhole camera?"

a)

Camera Opulent

b)

Camera Obscura

c)

Camera Obsenent

d)

Camera O-Style

14.

Edwin Land was the American inventor whose one-step process for developing and printing photographs created a revolution in photography called "instant photography." What is the original brand of this type of photography?

a)

Instax

b)

Kodak

c)

Canon

d)

Polaroid

15.

When shooting with a Pinhole camera... the image gets inverted upside down.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

List 3 ways you think photography can be useful in society.

4 lines
17.

Who is considered the "inventor" of Photography?

a)

Eastman Kodak

b)

Joseph Nicephere Niepce

c)

Louis-Jacques-Monde Daguerre

d)

Samuel Morse

18.

What concept did this image inspire in the photojournalism/street photography world?

a)

The water theory

b)

Cartier-Bresson motion theory

c)

The decisive moment

d)

The bucket theory

19.

Explain the importance and the impact of this image.

4 lines
20.

What did the camera obscura contribute to the invention of photography?

a)

Basic technology necessary for photography

b)

Creation of realistic tableaux

c)

Improved drawing skills

d)

Ability to reproduce images mechanically

21.

Which of the following was NOT a process used in early photography?

a)

Daguerreotype

b)

Ambrotype

c)

Tin type

d)

Digital photography

22.
What is the best definition for composition in relation to photography?
a)
A work of art
b)
The successful arrangement of parts within the frame
c)
The combining of elements to create a unified piece of artwork
23.
Which of the following apply to the rule of thirds?
a)

Place objects directly in the center of the frame

b)

Place objects where the grid lines intersect

c)

Place horizon lines on the grid lines

d)

Make sure there is something interesting in every frame

24.
What is the main difference between snapshots and photographs?
a)
Photographs are planned, snapshots are not.
b)
Photographs use the rule of thirds, snapshots do not.
c)
Snapshots are merely recordings of memory
d)
Photographs are artistc interpretations of objects, places or events
25.
This photo is an example of...
a)
Backlighting
b)
Framing
c)
Macro
d)
Rule of thirds
26.

What is the primary photo technique of this image?

a)

Close up

b)

Rule of Thirds

c)

Leading Lines

d)

Background

27.

What is the primary photo technique of this image?

a)

Depth of Field

b)

Rule of Thirds

c)

Viewpoint

d)

Framing

28.

What is the primary photo technique of this image?

a)

Framing

b)

Rule of Thirds

c)

Close Up

d)

Leading Lines

29.

What is the primary photo technique of this image?

a)

Depth of Field

b)

Viewpoint

c)

Leading Lines

d)

Rule of Thirds

30.

Which image is not framing?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

Which technique is not represented in this photo?

a)

Depth of Field

b)

Viewpoint

c)

Symmetry

d)

Framing

e)

Leading Lines

32.

Which image is not a close up?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

Why was the brownie camera important?

a)

It was affordable, allowing most of the public to have access to photography for the first time;

b)

It contained the first ever rolls of film.

c)

It was the first camera created from a chocolate brownie.

d)

It was expensive and was only affordable to the very wealthy.

34.

What genre is this photograph?

a)

Still life

b)

Portrait

c)

Landscape

d)

Street

e)

Food

35.

What genre is this photograph?

a)

Still life

b)

Portrait

c)

Landscape

d)

Street

e)

Food

36.

What genre is this photograph?

a)

Still life

b)

Portrait

c)

Landscape

d)

Street

e)

Food

37.

What genre is this photograph?

a)

Still life

b)

Portrait

c)

Landscape

d)

Street

e)

Food

38.

What genre is this photograph?

a)

Still life

b)

Portrait

c)

Landscape

d)

Street

e)

Food

39.

What genre is this photograph?

a)

Still life

b)

Portrait

c)

Landscape

d)

Street

e)

Food

40.

What genre is this photograph?

a)

Still life

b)

Portrait

c)

Landscape

d)

Street

e)

Food

41.

What type of photograph is this?

a)

sports

b)

macro

c)

wildlife

d)

portrait

42.
a)

Editorial

b)

Portrait

c)

Fashion

d)

Sports

43.
a)

Food

b)

Product

c)

Fashion

d)

Nature

44.

What TYPE of photograph is this?

a)

landscape

b)

fashion

c)

wildlife

d)

macro

45.

Photography has been around for about ___.

a)

200 years

b)

300 years

c)

100 years