25 questions
The first camera ever created was called the
Polaroid
Silver Snapshot
Camera Obscura
Tin Typer
Which chemist made the first surviving photographic image?
Claude Monet
Joseph Niepce
Louis Daguerre
John Herschel
Which inventor created the "daguerreotype" on a copper plate?
Louis Daguerre
Ansel Adams
Robert Capa
John Herschel
Which inventor created the "calotype" on paper coated with silver?
William Henry Fox Talbot
John Herschel
Louis Daguerre
Joseph Niepce
"Tintype" photographs were made on thin ____________ plates instead of glass.
glass
oil
paper
metal
Which artist was the first photographer to take photos from a hot air balloon?
Louis Daguerre
Robert Capa
Nadar
Joseph Neipce
Which photographer devoted his career to capturing motion through photography?
Louis Daguerre
Eadweard Muybridge
Robert Capa
John Herschel
Which style of photography became popular because it gave an accurate representation of land, cities and landmarks?
Art
Documentation
Landscape
Abstract
Which type of landscape daguerreotype was much wider than it was high?
portrait
panoramic
cube
art
Which type of photography is created with the intent to inform?
Art
Documentation
Landscape
Abstract
Which American photographer photographed the Native Americans and their cultures and traditions?
John Herschel
Edward Curtis
Robert Capa
Ansel Adams
Which American photographer spent years photographing scenes from the Civil War?
Robert Capa
Ansel Adams
Matthew Brady
Nadar
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?
Jacob Riis
Ansel Adams
Andrew Gardner
Joseph Niepce
Which type of photography was used to capture portraits, movement, and emotion?
Documentation
Abstract
Art
Landscape
Which French photographer is known for the exciting action shots of his wealthy family and their endeavors?
Jaques-Henri Lartigue
Nadar
John Herschel
Joseph Niepce
Which photographer was known for his photographs of Parisian nightlife?
Jaques-Henri Lartigue
Brassai
Jaques Louis David
Arnold Newman
This artist promoted photography as a fine art and created the photography magazine "Camera Work"
Ansel Adams
Alfred Steiglitz
Arnold Newman
Lewis Hine
Which photographer is known for his close up, high contrast photographs of simple objects with dramatic lighting?
Alexander Gardner
Edward Weston
Julia Margaret Cameron
Alfred Steiglitz
Which American photographer and environmentalist took black and white landscape photographs of the American West?
Robert Capa
Arnold Newman
Ansel Adams
Alexander Gardner
Which photographer took photographs of immigrants and children working in mines and factories to help pass child labor laws?
Lewis Hine
Brassai
Julia Margaret Cameron
Edward Weston
Which American photojournalist photographed scenes from 5 different wars and died in combat?
Robert Capa
Alexander Gardner
Edward Weston
Nadar
Which photographer is known for her silly self-portraits using extreme makeup and costumes
Sally Mann
Juila Margaret Cameron
Cindy Sherman
Brassai
Which famous fashion photographer took up-close, high contrast portraits of celebrities?
Richard Avedon
Edward Curtis
Robert Capa
Ansel Adams
Which photographer took environmental portraits of artists and celebrities?
Arnold Newman
Edward Curtis
Sally Mann
Robert Capa
Which American photographer is known for her "controversial" photographs of her young daughters?
Cindy Sherman
Sally Mann
Julia Margaret Cameron
Brassai