Terms and Processes

Question 1

Gum Bichromate

Answer 1

gum arabic mixed with potassium bichromate to change solubility in water upon exposure to light.

Question 2

Photogravure

Answer 2

Reproduces image in printer’s ink. Glass positive made from negative. Photo etching technique.

Question 3

Photo-Secession

Answer 3

Society of art photographers that wanted to advance pictorialism.

Question 4

Camera Work

Answer 4

Photographic journal that focused on photo-secession photos as art

Question 5

291 Gallery

Answer 5

Gallery showing photo-secession images

Question 6

hand camera

Answer 6

• cheaper means to make photos.
• Negatives could be enlarged later.
• more portable

Question 7

New Objectivity Movement

Answer 7

painting movement that was the counterpart to the straight photography movement

Question 8

Schadograph

Answer 8

using cut-out paper and flat objects laid on top light-sensitive paper, recording designs resembling cubist collages.

Question 9

Photogram

Answer 9

Use of 3 dimensional objects on light-sensitive paper.

Question 10

photomontage

Answer 10

mixture of type and photographic image

Question 11

autochrome

Answer 11

plate covered with dyed starch. Orange, green and violet mxed together to evenly distribute surface with primary colors.

Question 12

Kodachrome

Answer 12

film coated with 3 layers of emulsion in any camera that required a single exposure.