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1
Ancient philosophers Mozi, Aristotle, and Alhazen first mentioned letting light into a dark box to capture images.
camera obscura
lenses
photography
art
2
In 1885 George Eastman invented: ________________________.
early Photoshop techniques
roll film
instant cameras
the flash
3
In 1826 the world's first photograph is taken by Joesph Niepce, which takes several ____________ to produce.
days
minutes
hours
seconds
4
What affordable box camera introduced the concept of the snapshot?
The Brownie
The Mainstream
The Kodachrome
The Canon
5
What year did Steve Sasson invent the first digital camera?
1975
1949
1925
2000
6
Why did people not smile in early portraits?
Because it was culturally inappropriate to be happy.
Some did, but those photographs were later destroyed.
Because photos took three minutes.
Because they were sad.
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In 1840 Henry Fox Talbot unveiled the Calotype, a process based on negatives that allowed_____________________________.
for aerial shots
lots of contrast
paper copies to be made
photographers to travel with their cameras
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In 1724 Johann Heinrich Schulze discovers that substances mixed with __________________________ react to light.
silver nitrate
gold nitrate
aluminum benzote
copper sulfite
9
What year did the first mobile phone with a camera come out?
1975
2012
2000
1991
10
The word 'photography' comes from the Greek words: ____________________________.
photons and atoms
light and drawing
fake and painting
image and square