The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 94 - 95

Question 1

Documentary Photography

Answer 1

• Jacob Riis (1849-1914)

- work led to the first legislation to reform housing codes and labor laws

Question 2

Portrait Photography

Answer 2

• Nadar (1820-1910)
• created aerial photography
• first to use electronic light for photography to enhance features

Question 3

Art Photography

Answer 3

• Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79)
• wanted to capture nothing less than ideal beauty
• first to have lenses specially built for a soft-focus effect in her allegorical and often overly sentimental genre pictures