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Question 1

What is Cindy Sherman best known for in her photographic work?

Accepted Answer

Self-portraits that deconstruct stereotypes

Question 2

Why wasn’t Kodachrome widely available until 1942?

Accepted Answer

World War II delayed its distribution

Question 3

What did Fairchild Semiconductor release in 1973?

Accepted Answer

The first CCD chip

Question 4

What innovation did the Lumière brothers introduce in 1907?

Accepted Answer

Autochrome process

Question 5

What was the first image uploaded to the World Wide Web?

Accepted Answer

A GIF of a comedy band

Question 6

What was the resolution of the first scanned digital photo by Russell Kirsch?

Accepted Answer

176x176

Question 7

What was the main limitation of Thomas Sutton’s early color photography?

Accepted Answer

It required days of exposure

Question 8

What was the main goal of the Group f/64 photographers?

Accepted Answer

To produce sharp, detailed images using small apertures

Question 9

What marked the beginning of the transition to post-modern photography?

Accepted Answer

The invention of color photography

Question 10

Who created a color photograph in 1877?

Accepted Answer

Louis Ducos du Hauron

Question 11

Who took a color portrait of Mark Twain in 1908?

Accepted Answer

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Question 12

What was unique about the Autochrome process?

Accepted Answer

It used dyed starch as color filters

Question 13

What was the significance of the Kodak camera introduced by George Eastman in 1885?

Accepted Answer

It made photography accessible and portable

Question 14

What photographic movement emphasized emotional impact and visual beauty, often using soft focus and manipulation?

Accepted Answer

Pictorialism

Question 15

Who created the first color photo-essay for Life magazine?

Accepted Answer

Ernst Haas

Question 16

What technique did Ansel Adams and Minor White develop to control photographic exposure and development?

Accepted Answer

The zone system

Question 17

What major event in 2007 changed photography forever?

Accepted Answer

Introduction of the iPhone

Question 18

What did Kodachrome film allow photographers to do?

Accepted Answer

Project and reproduce color images

Question 19

When was the first version of Adobe Photoshop released?

Accepted Answer

1990

Question 20

What movement influenced photography by focusing on emotion through colour and shape?

Accepted Answer

Abstract Expressionism

Questions 20