Midterm/Quiz 2 Flashcards
Midterm/Quiz 2 (19 cards)
Who was the Swedish born photographer known for the ambitious combination print called the* Two Ways of Life*
Oscar Rejlander
What was this major movement in photography that stressed beauty over fact and used hand-coated papers for soft-focus images:
Pictorialism
What is William Henry Fox Talbot’s original photo printing process?
Salted Paper Print
This New Yorker Founded a major American photographic company, and marketed the first portable handheld camera:
George Eastman
Founded Kodak
A photographic process where sensitizer is floated onto paper impregnated with egg white for a smooth, glossy surface:
Albumen Print
What was the first commercially successful color process called?
Autochrome
“Bitter Sting” began his career as a cartoonist, later became one of the great early portrait photographers, and also worked to promote new trends in art:
Nadar
This photographer initially worked for Mathew Brady during the Civil War, but left to start his own operation - he published a Sketchbook of his Civil War images
Alexander Gardner
This photographer was comissioned by J.P. Morgan to produce images of Native Americans such as the Navajo seen in his image The Vanishing Race:
Edward Curtis
This English Artist took up photography late in life, made images of some important poets and had a style similar to the Pre-Raphaelite painters:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Name the two early Scottish photographers who worked together to make artistic portraits using the salted paper process:
Hill & Adamson
David Octavis Hill & Robert Adamson
Short Answer
Founding the photo succession movement and promoting photography as an art form
Short Answer
What is the significance of Alexander Gardner’s photograph ‘Home of the Rebel Sharpshooter’?
It is controversial due to implications of staging the subject and gun
What photographic techniques did HP Robinson use?
Combination prints and staged narratives
What approach did PH Emerson take in his photography?
Used Platinum print with an all-natural approach to showcase daily life
What did Hill & Adamson create to commemorate the Founding of the Free Church of Scotland?
A giant painting using salted paper prints of its members
What is Carelton Watkins known for?
Panoramic and natural shots of Yosemite
What was Eadweard Muybridge’s approach to photography?
Precise and detailed images with close-up subjects influenced by stereo prints
What did William Henry Jackson’s photograph of The Old Faithful Geyser promote?
The creation of Yellowstone as a protected National Park
