Monday, December 6, 2010

photo quiz - with a historical slant

1. Who below was the first person to successfully "fix" a photographic image, thus becoming the father of photography?

A. George Eastman

B. Thomas Edison

C. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

D. Samuel Morse


2. The first photograph ever made by the above gentleman is in the collection of

A. the Louvre

B. the Bibliothèque Nationale

C. the Metropolitan Museum of Art

D. The University of Texas at Austin


3. A curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art was

A. Leopold Stokowski

B. Igor Sikorski

C. John Szarkowski

D. Leon Trotsky


4. Who below did not help popularize the nude in photography?

A. Hugh Hefner

B. William Mortensen

C. Bunny Yeager

D. Wallace Nutting


5. Which name is the most difficult to pronounce?

A. Gyula Halász

B. George Hoyningen-Huené

C. László Moholy-Nagy

D. They all give pause to even the most photographically literate among us.


6. Really famous people just need one name; which one below is the photographer?

A. Madonna

B. Cantinflas

C. Brassaï

D. Pelé


7. If Alfred Stieglitz didn’t think you were worthy enough to own a print from his gallery, he would

A. call 911

B. not sell it to you

C. have you taken out the back door

D. sic Georgia on you


8. Who below was the first to make aerial photographs?

A. Charles Lindbergh

B. the Red Baron

C. Nadar

D. Timothy Leary


9. What group did Alfred Steiglitz found?

A. Linked Ring Brotherhood

B. Photo-Secession

C. Rat Pack

D. Association of International Photography Art Dealers, Inc.


10. Which painter below used photography?

A. Rembrandt

B. Piet Mondrian

C. Thomas Eakins

D. John James Audubon


11. Name a famous photographer's model.

A. Whistler's mother

B. Lee Miller

C. Brenda Lee

D. Taco Bell chihuahua


12. In attempting to produce the ultimate in photographic quality, the F 64 Group was famous for its members'

A. opening their lenses up to f 64

B. stopping their lenses down to f 64

C. always using tripods

D. never photographing things that move


13. Which of these other single-name people is associated with fine-art photography?

A. Fabio

B. Twinka

C. Fabian

D. Liberace





14. Which of these photographers is not dead?


A. Alfred Eisenstadt

B. Yousuf Karsh

C. Aaron Siskind

D. Berenice Abbott


15. The Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art was established in

A. 1066

B. 1954

C. 1922

D. 1940


16. Later in his life Ansel Adams used

A. a Minox

B. an 8 x 10 view camera

C. a Hasselblad

D. no camera. John Sexton snapped the shutter for him.


17. Name the photographic duo.

A. Ferrani and Tycher

B. Hill and Adamson

C. Gilbert and Sullivan

D. Hans and Franz


18. Photographs have a history of mistreatment. For example, some of the glass negatives from the Civil War were used as

A. broken glass atop walls to keep out the enemy

B. greenhouse roofing tiles

C. protection when viewing solar eclipses

D. Frisbees


19. Which of the photographers below is not known for using multiple negatives in their imagery?

A. Jerry N. Uelsmann

B. Angus McBean (what a great name!)

C. Allen A. Dutton

D. W. Eugene Smith


20. People from which organization below were blacklisted during the McCarthy era?

A. Association of International Photography Art Dealers, Inc.

B. Photographic Society of America

C. Photo League

D. American Society of Magazine Photographers


21. Alfred Stieglitz called his cloud photographs

A. Similarities

B. Equivalents

C. Likenesses

D. Equalities


22. Eadweard Muybridge proved with his motion study photographs that

A. in each stride of a gallop all four hooves of a horse are off the ground at the same time

B. in each stride of a gallop a horse's ears lay back to the same angle as its tail

C. cameras can indeed be used to determine the winner of a photo-finish

D. a horse can outrun a locomotive


23. Which best describes photography gallery owners?

A. a great bunch of folks

B. weasels

C. masochists

D. all of the above


Here is the last challenge. Match the photographers names on the left with their given names on the right. Clicking the camera icons will show the answers. Answers are below if you don't have java.


1. Man Ray A. David Szymin

2. Nadar B. Otto Umbehr

3. Weegee C. Emmanuel Rudnitzky

4. Eadweard Muybridge D. Andrei Friedmann

5. Umbo E. Gyula Halász

6. David (Chim) Seymour F. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

7. Robert Capa G. Edward James Muggeridge

8. Brassaï H. Gaspard Félix Tournachon

9. Lewis Carroll I. Arthur Fellig

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