Chapter 8: Imaging

Question 1

The word ____________ is derived from Greek roots meaning “to write with light.”

a. photography
b. image
c. portrait

Answer 1

a. photography

Question 2

The camera ____ could be a box or an actual room with a small hole that admits light through one wall.

Answer 2

obscura

Question 3

____________ is credited with performing the first successful experiments in cinematography.

a. Brady
b. Lumière
c. Muybridge

Answer 3

c. Muybridge

Question 4

Edward Steichen’s photograph The Flatiron Building – Evening (1906) is considered ______________.

a. photojournalism
b. an art form
c. a portrait

Answer 4

b. an art form

Question 5

Migrant Mother was a product of __________________’s camera and the sponsorship of the Farm Security Administration, a U.S. government agency.

a. Dorothea Lange
b. Cindy Sherman
c. Walker Evans

Answer 5

a. Dorothea Lange

Question 6

Artist _____________________, a photographer and film maker, adopts diverse personae for her work, as seen in her work Untitled.

a. Dorothea Lange
b. Cindy Sherman
c. Walker Evans

Answer 6

b. Cindy Sherman