Deck 7: Photography

Question 1

Photographer Cindy Sherman is best known for ______.

A)being a special-effects wizard
B)controlling the lighting in her photographs
C)controlling sets and makeup in her photographs
D)coming up with her own costumes for her photographs
E)all of these are correct

Answer 1

E

Question 2

After receiving his first camera at seven years old, ___________ used it to record and hold onto the joys of upper-middle-class life in France before World War I.

A)Timothy O'Sullivan
B)Julia Margaret Cameron
C)Alfred Stieglitz
D)Henri Cartier-Bresson
E)Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The first photographic film using the "negative-positive" principle was invented by an Englishman named ______.

A)William Henry Fox Talbot
B)Julia Margaret Cameron
C)Timothy O'Sullivan
D)Henri Cartier-Bresson
E)Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The ___________ is an adjustable opening that controls the amount of light entering the camera.

A)lens
B)shutter
C)camera body
D)aperture
E)none of these are correct

Question 5

Contemporary photographer _________________ is best known for recording the plight of the poor and refugees at the turn of the twenty-first century.

A)Cindy Sherman
B)Sebastião Salgado
C)Sandy Skoglund
D)Lalla di
E)none of these are correct

Question 6

The individual responsible for introducing the world to the first photographic image was a French painter named ______.

A)William Henry Fox Talbot
B)Julia Margaret Cameron
C)Timothy O'Sullivan
D)Henri Cartier-Bresson
E)Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

Question 7

A straight photographer is defined as ______.

A)one who manipulates the negative or image once it has been taken
B)one who does not tamper with the negative or image in any way once it has been taken
C)one who photographs moving objects in a theatrical way
D)a photographer who creates portraits of wealthy individuals
E)none of these are correct

Question 8

Levi van Veluw explores _____________ through otherworldly landscapes in a form of self-portraiture.

A)his identity and place in the world
B)Dutch society
C)outer space
D)being a western artist
E)none of these are correct

Question 9

Authentic, unretouched photographs that record important social conditions and political events are called ______.

A)documentary photographs
B)portraiture
C)decisive moments
D)landscapes
E)fine art photographs

Question 10

Henri Cartier-Bresson is best known for capturing ______.

A)portraits of women in domestic scenes
B)racecars
C)peppers
D)the decisive moment
E)none of these are correct

Question 11

In 1902, the Photo-Secession group was founded by ______.

A)Edward Steichen
B)Man Ray
C)Alfred Stieglitz
D)Edward Weston
E)all of these are correct

Question 12

Man Ray created images by placing objects on photographic paper in a darkroom and then exposing the paper to light.He called these images ________.

A)portraits
B)rayographs
C)pictograms
D)photomontages
E)photorays

Question 13

________ was a middle class Victorian and "amateur" photographer who attempted to capture the essence of beauty through photographic portraits.

A)William Henry Fox Talbot
B)Julia Margaret Cameron
C)Timothy O'Sullivan
D)Henri Cartier-Bresson
E)Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

Question 14

The function of the light-tight box that forms the main structure of a camera is ______.

A)to focus light on the film
B)to prevent unwanted light from hitting the film
C)to control the time of the exposure
D)all of these are correct
E)none of these are correct

Question 15

The imaginative combination of photographic images in collages, an approach used by artists like Hannah Höch, is called _______.

A)documentary photography
B)straight photography
C)rayographs
D)photomontage
E)negatives

Question 16

A __________ is a room-sized camera that was first used to study eclipses.

A)lens
B)camera obscura
C)35mm camera
D)daguerreotype
E)aperature

Question 17

The first permanent photographic image was called a ______.

A)negative
B)sun picture
C)rayograph
D)daguerreotype
E)none of these are correct

Question 18

_______ was one of the pioneers of expeditionary photography, the precursor to landscape photography, who began a career as a Civil War photographer.

A)Timothy O'Sullivan
B)Julia Margaret Cameron
C)Alfred Stieglitz
D)Henri Cartier-Bresson
E)Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Question 19

George Eastman introduced a box camera in 1887 called the ______.

A)Polaroid
B)35mm
C)Kodak
D)camera obscura
E)viewfinder

Question 20

In the photograph ________, Sandy Skoglund constructed a set and then clothed and posed models to create an image depicting a vivid fantasy of what the world might be like after a nuclear war.

A)Meditation Mystery
B)Untitled
C)Radioactive Cats
D)Radioactive Dogs
E)none of these are correct

Question 21

Compare and contrast Edward Steichen's Le Penseur with Levi van Veluw's Landscape 1.Address the concept of image manipulation in your response.

Question 22

Discuss the work of Cindy Sherman while paying particular attention to how she sets up her images.How can something so artificial seem so natural?

Question 23

What are the differences between the photographic method invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and the method invented by William Henry Fox Talbot?

Question 24

Name two reasons why Alfred Stieglitz is important to American photography.

Question 25

Discuss the controversy surrounding the retrospective of Robert Mapplethorpe's work and how it has impacted the NEA.Was the NEA wrong to hold this exhibition? Was the public justified in their reaction? Why or why not?

Question 26

Explain how the tabletop camera obscura works.

Question 27

What are the five basic parts of all cameras?

Question 28

Discuss why Man Ray embraced the approach of photography-as-art versus photography as absolute truth.

Question 29

What is the Farm Security Administration and how is this organization important?

Question 30

Compare and contrast Hannah Höch's Cut with the Kitchen Knife with Sandy Skoglund's Radioactive Cats.Address the concept of a constructed image in your response.