Photographers
Created the Daguerreotype
Louis Daguerre
What is the most common type of photograph?
Snapshot
True or False:
Before photography, painting was the only way to have a portrait made and only the rich could afford it.
True
True or False:
Throughout History, art has helped us understand the social and political aspects of past and current cultures.
True
Created the Calotype
William Fox Talbot
The four general purposes of photography include all except:
decorative
comedy
expressive
persuasion
Comedy
This instrument projected an image upside down on the wall to be traced over. What is the instrument?
Camera Obscura
During which revolution was art incredibly prominent? Resulting in Leonardo Da Vinci using the camera obscura to produce 3D art?
Industrial Revolution
Name the two people that paired up to fix the first projected image.
Louis Daguerre and Joseph Niepce
What were the themes of of many photographers in the early years?
Portraits and Landscapes
This instrument is a portable version of the Camera Obscura
Camera Lucida
Why was the Daguerreotype used in Europe and America or the Calotype?
Daguerreotype had better quality.
Took the first permanent photograph in 1826.
Joseph Niepce
Photography has become a very powerful means of _________________ and a mode of _______________ that touches human life in many ways.
communication; visual expression
Photo:
Graph:
Photo: light
Graph: drawing
Created the handheld film camera that make photographer available to the public.
George Eastman
What are the four main purposes of photography?
Decorative
Personal or Expressive
Persuasion or Propaganda
Recording an Event, Scene, or Object
What was the phrase used to describe the meaning of "photography" in Greek?
"Drawing with light."