History of Photography Quiz

Who is credited with coining the term 'photography'?

• William Henry Fox Talbot

• Nicéphore Niépce

• Louis Daguerre

• Sir John Herschel

What was the first commercially viable photographic process?

• Autochrome

• Collodion process

• Daguerreotype

• Calotype

Which process did Thomas Wedgwood and Humphry Davy fail to make permanent?

• Heliography

• Photograms

• Calotype

• Daguerreotype

What was the main drawback of the Autochrome process?

• Complex development process

• Limited color range

• High cost

• Long exposure times

Which invention in the 1990s revolutionized photography?

• Roll film

• Instant film

• Color film

• Digital cameras