History Of Photography Quiz 7

Front 1

1- The earliest surviving pictures from a military campaign are from…

Back 1

Mexican War

Front 2

2- When the book says it is the job of a good wet-plate photographer to make “everyperson” views, what are they referring to

Back 2

All of these could be considered correct
(more information was better information, show the “wholeness” of a scene, Give the impression that the picture is what they would have seen themselves)

Front 3

3- Which of these early travel photographers did NOT go photograph in Egypt

Back 3

Robert MacPherson

Front 4

4- Which of these early travel photographers photographed in the Alps

Back 4

Auguste-Rosalie Bisson

Front 5

5- What was the purpose of the Missions Heliographiques

Back 5

To record France’s important monuments

Front 6

6- Which of these photographers did NOT photograph for the Missions Heliographiques

Back 6

Charles Marville

Front 7

7- The book mentions three approaches to making travel photographs. Two of them were amateur and commercial. What is the third

Back 7

Official

Front 8

8- Early travel photographers pioneered the process of making enlargements from their wet-collodion travel negatives T/F

Back 8

False

Front 9

9- Which of these photographers did not photograph in the Crimean War

Back 9

George N. Barnard

Front 10

10- What was the primary motivation for commissioning photographs of the Crimean War

Back 10

Boost Public support of the war