Early Photography
Who invented the negative-positive photographic process that allowed multiple prints?
William Henry Fox Talbot
The first Kodak camera designed for amateurs to use, has this DESSERT in its name
Kodak Brownie
This company popularized the slogan, “You press the button, we do the rest,” making photography accessible to the mass market.
Kodak
This technique helps reveal hidden, non-visible, or faint details in space photographs
False-color imaging (or representative color)
This 19th-century photographic technique uses iron salts to create blue prints, widely used for scientific illustrations.
Cyanotype
Which 19th-century writer also made hundreds of studio portraits?
Lewis Carroll
Introduced in 1948, this camera could develop photos in minutes
Polaroid
This famous quote by astronaut William Anders emphasizes the power of NASA imagery: “We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is…”
“…to see the Earth”?
The first humans to take photographs on the Moon were part of this NASA mission in 1969.
Apollo 11
What is the “decisive moment” in photography?
It is the peak, intuitive moment where all elements align to convey the true essence of a story
What year is considered to be the official photography invention year?
1839
This innovation made cameras smaller, portable, and easier for amateur photographers to carry
the compact camera
What is Pictorilism?
a photographic movement that emphasized photography as an art form, rather than just a way to document reality
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What is the daguerreotype?
The chemical process invented in 1839 by Louis Daguerre, producing images on a silvered copper plate.
She was the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images, using cyanotype
Anna Atkins
This company created the first mass-market camera
Kodak
What slogan was used to market the first Polaroid cameras?
“Instant photographs. Instant memories.”
What planet do Curiosity and Perseverance explore?
Curiosity and Perseverance rovers both explore the planet Mars
What is considered the world’s first permanent photograph from a camera?
"View from the Window at Le Gras"
What is Eadweard Muybridge known for?
For pioneering motion photography, capturing sequences of movement of animals and humans
This type of camera allowed people to take one-time photos and then simply send the whole camera for development
a disposable camera
Whose original slogan was “Capture and share the world’s moments”?
This photograph was once described as "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken".
"Earthrise" by astronaut William Anders taken on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission
This American photographer helped establish photography as an art form and ran the gallery 291 in New York City.
Alfred Stieglitz