History of Photography Quiz

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Where does the word “Photography” come from?

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Greek for “drawing with light”

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What is the modern meaning of the word "photography"?

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Writing with light

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How does a “camera obscura” work? What happens to the image?

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Light enters through a small hole and projects an upside-down image on the opposite wall

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How does the size of the hole in a pinhole camera affect the image?

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A smaller hole makes the image sharper

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How did Thomas Wedgewood create his “sun pictures”? What are these images also known as?

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He exposed paper coated with silver nitrate to light; they are known as photograms

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When was the world’s first surviving photograph taken? Who was the photographer?

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1826 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

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Describe the image created in a Daguerreotype.

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A sharp, detailed image on a metal plate

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How did William Henry Fox Talbot create his calotype photographs? How were they different from Daguerreotypes?

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He used paper negatives, allowing multiple prints

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What was an advantage and disadvantage of F. Scott Archer’s collodion process?

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Advantage: Sharp images; Disadvantage: Required wet processing

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What are cyanotype photos used for today?

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Blueprints and artistic prints