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The photographer of Afghan Girl was able to locate the girl many years later by using ________ as a means of identification.


A) the original photograph as a wanted poster
B) iris patterns from the original photograph
C) voice recordings made during his earlier interview
D) Facebook
E) all of the other answers

F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

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Shining a light through a film negative reverses the tones so that multiple positive prints can be made.

A) True
B) False

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In order for photojournalistic news photos to be effective they need to be seen as ________.


A) fun
B) colorful
C) truthful
D) surrealistic
E) none of the other answers

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Match the early photographic innovator with his invention: -William Henry Fox Talbot


A) daguerreotype
B) calotype
C) cyanotype

D) All of the above
E) A) and B)

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Compare and contrast the examples of photojournalism in this Chapter with some contemporary news photographs from a recent newspaper.How do you think the pictures in this Chapter differ from or resemble the recent photos in terms of content,appearance,and impact? Consider how these older photographs might have influenced today's photographers.Which of the images,either historical or present-day,do you find the most interesting? Why?

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In comparing and contrasting the example...

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The visual effect created by a camera obscura can occur in any room,whether it is light or dark.

A) True
B) False

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Color photographs could be made from the time that the first photographic processes were invented.

A) True
B) False

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Compare the approaches to photojournalism represented by Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother (2.8.9)and Steve McCurry's Magician,Rajasthan,India (2.8.15).What did each photographer choose to photograph? What are the circumstances surrounding each picture? How does the appearance of the photograph contribute to its underlying meaning?

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Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" and St...

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Match the photographer with a description of his or her work: -Ansel Adams


A) photographed her family members in both fictional and factual settings
B) makes brightly colored tableaux using elaborate scenery sculptures
C) known for very detailed landscape photographs of the American West
D) worked for the FSA making documentary pictures of the Great Depression era
E) used photographs to expose the unsafe and inhumane working conditions in factories, which eventually led to the establishment of Child Labor Laws in the US
F) used soft-focus in her portraits and figure studies to suggest poetic and spiritual meanings

G) B) and F)
H) E) and F)

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A major benefit of the daguerreotype process is that ________.


A) it creates very detailed images
B) daguerreotypes can be made very quickly
C) it records color
D) daguerreotypes are negatives that can be readily reproduced
E) it can photograph in the dark

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Match the photographic term with its definition: -photojournalism


A) image that reverses the tones of light and dark
B) using photographs to tell a news story
C) a collage made of photo-based images and text, usually photographed or scanned so it can be reproduced
D) image that matches the appearance as the human eye would see it
E) photographic process that replaces highly toxic developer to make darkroom chemistry more environmentally friendly
F) the person,place, or thing photographed

G) D) and F)
H) A) and B)

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Match the photographic term with its definition: -negative


A) image that reverses the tones of light and dark
B) using photographs to tell a news story
C) a collage made of photo-based images and text, usually photographed or scanned so it can be reproduced
D) image that matches the appearance as the human eye would see it
E) photographic process that replaces highly toxic developer to make darkroom chemistry more environmentally friendly
F) the person,place, or thing photographed

G) D) and F)
H) C) and D)

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Discuss the idea that certain photographs can become so familiar that they are deemed icons.What makes a particular picture iconic? Think about famous photographs that might come under this title.What are their similarities? Does the reason they are so famous have to do with the artist,or another factor?

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Certain photographs can indeed become so...

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Match the early photographic innovator with his invention: -John Herschel


A) daguerreotype
B) calotype
C) cyanotype

D) B) and C)
E) None of the above

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Compare the documentary approaches of Lewis Wickes Hine in Ten Year Old Spinner (2.8.13)and Edward Burtynsky in Manufacturing #17,Deda Chicken Processing Plant (2.8.26).What did each photographer try to record? Considering the subject matter of each image,what has been included and what left out?

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The medium of Valley of the Shadow of Death is ________.


A) the Crimean War
B) 1855
C) color photograph
D) black-and-white photograph
E) Roger Fenton

F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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Which of the following statements is true of the Caffenol process?


A) it reduces the environmental toxicity of darkroom photography
B) the ingredients are available at most grocery stores
C) the process was created by Dr. Scott A. Williams and his students
D) it can be used to develop both negatives and prints
E) all of the above

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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In his photograph Two Ways of Life,Oscar Gustav Rejlander employed methods that emulated the process of ________.


A) painting
B) coloring books
C) encyclopedias
D) the silhouette machine
E) digital art

F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Match the photographic term with its definition: -positive


A) image that reverses the tones of light and dark
B) using photographs to tell a news story
C) a collage made of photo-based images and text, usually photographed or scanned so it can be reproduced
D) image that matches the appearance as the human eye would see it
E) photographic process that replaces highly toxic developer to make darkroom chemistry more environmentally friendly
F) the person,place, or thing photographed

G) All of the above
H) B) and E)

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What does the word "photograph" mean?


A) writing with light
B) signing a picture
C) imitating a drawing
D) reversing a tone
E) seeing through a lens

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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