The Afterimage Gallery History of Photography Quiz
Welcome to our photography quiz (with
a bit of a historical slant). We hope you find it fun, interesting and
even didactic.
Answers are at the bottom of the two pages. Click on any unknown names
to go to a glossary.
If you would like to use this quiz yourself
for a class or whatever, feel free to do so, and please credit it to
Afterimage Gallery, Inc. at www.afterimagegallery.com.
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 Bibliothčque 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. Brassaď
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
Answers: 1 - C, 2 - D, 3 - C. 4 - D, 5 - D, 6 -
C, 7 - B, 8 - C, 9 - B, 10 - C, 11 - B, 12 - B, 13 - B
