Photography

Question 1

This montage contains self-portraits by what influential American photographer?

Answer 1

Nan Goldin

Question 2

This photographer is best known for his black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, in particular those of Yosemite National Park.

Answer 2

Ansel Adams

Question 3

Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, this artist was a significant contributor to the Surrealist and Dada movements but was best known for this portrait and fashion photography. Though American, he spent most of his career in France.

Answer 3

Man Ray

Question 4

Name the woman, the first to mount an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, who was chief photographer for Rolling Stone magazine from 1973 to 1983, and took the iconic photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono that appeared on the January 22, 1981 issue of the magazine—a photo that was taken just a few hours before Lennon’s death the previous month.

Answer 4

Annie Leibovitz

Question 5

What is the term in photography for the aesthetic effect of out-of-focus points of light or background in an image, coming from the Japanese for “blur”?

Answer 5

Bokeh