21-22 AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY CENTURY OF IMAGES PART 1

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AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY Part 1:1900-1934 The developing image

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1. What was the name of the camera that was invented in 1900, was in production for more than 80 years, and brought photography to the masses? *

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A. THE HALFTONE CAMERA

B. THE VIEW CAMERA

C. THE BROWNIE CAMERA

D. THE SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA

2. The process called "halftone" made it possible to: *

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A. Make multiple copies of photographs.

B. Print a photograph directly on newspaper.

C. Photograph in color.

D. Make a photo montage.

3. Why was sending postcards so popular in the early 20th century? *

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A. They were used to announce life events, like births, marriage, gradustions...

B. They were an early form of "news photographs," providing the public journalistic photos of events such as disasters, revolutions, labor strikes

C. They offered the public a amusing visual outlet, such as exaggerated montages of big fish, farm produce, animals...

D. All of the above.

E. None of the above.

F. Both "A" and "B"

4. Which magazine pioneered the early use of images, starting with photographs from Tibet, and in the process, became a huge success because the exotic photographs it used appealed to people? *

2 points

A. LIFE

B. NEWSWEEK

C. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

D. PEOPLE

5. Which photographer traveled throughout North America, creating images that led to stereotypical perceptions of Native Americans? His technique of photographing indigenous peoples in a "sentimental and romantic" approach -which sometimes included outfitting subjects in "traditional" outfits from other tribes, is often criticised it because portrays Native Americans in an imagined context. *

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A. Lewis Hine

B. Edward Curtis

B. Jacob Riis

C. Paul Strand

D. Alfred Stieglitz

6. "Pictorialism," the name given to an international style and aesthetic movement that dominated photography during the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, was characterized by: *

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A. A style in which the photographer has somehow manipulated what would otherwise be a straightforward photograph as a means of "creating" an image rather than simply recording it.

B. A style in which the photographer creates an image with a sharp focus and an emphasis on formal qualities, exploiting, rather than obscuring, the camera as an essentially mechanical and technological tool.

7. Who was the photographer who realized that photographs appeal to emotion, and used his images to abolish child labor in the U.S.? *

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A. Edward Curtis

B. Lewis Hine

C. Jacob Riis

D. Paul Strand

8. Who was the photographer often associated with the move from "Pictorialism" to "Straight" photography; which is characterized by capturing abstract shapes & forms, with images that are sharply focused, not manipulated. *

2 points

A. Edward Curtis

B. Lewis Hine

C. Jacob Riis

D. Paul Strand

9. During World War I President Woodrow Wilson established the country's 1st propaganda agency, designed to rally support for U.S. involvement in the war. Which of the statements below illustrate how photography was used for propaganda purposes in America ? *

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A. Most images of combat were posed, and photographers were kept far away from the trench warfare and the barbaric conflict of the front lines

B. Any photography of the troops was carefully designed to raise the moral of the people back home.

C. Censorship was total, in a war in which more than 10 MILLION people were killed, no newspaper or magazine was allowed to use of photograph showing a dead American Soldier.

D. All the above.

E. None of the above

F. Both "A" and "C"

10. What is the term first used to describe popular, mass-circulation, photography-driven newspapers, such as The New York Graphic; which used large photos, emphasized sex, nudity, fake "composite" images and catered to the public's thirst for scandal and sensationalism? *

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A. Broadsheets

B. Tabloid

11. Photography created a new dimension of fame, creating the "media celebrity," that was based on the premise that "Anyone could be famous as long as they looked good in photos." Who was one of the earliest examples of this phenomenon, a Hollywood silent movie star who's unexpected death resulted in a crush of 100,000 people attending his funeral? *

2 points

A. George Herman "Babe" Ruth

B. Valentino

C. Charles Lindbergh

D. The Prince of Wales

12. According to the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, 20th century astronomy wouldn't be possible if not for photography. Which of the following are FALSE? *

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A. "Photography newtralized any effect that your imagination might have in your acquisition of data."

B. The photographic medium is more sensitive to a variety of light spectrums than the human eye.

C. Reliance upon photography to study the cosmos has diminished the broadening of our senses.

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