Memorize these and recognize 35.9% of all Photography clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ansel Adams | 14 | In 1940 he & Edward Weston taught the U.S. Camera Photographic Forum, the first workshop in Yosemite |
| 2 | Mathew Brady | 9 | In April 1875 the Library of Congress gained possession of his Civil War photographic plates for $25,000 |
| 3 | Louis Daguerre | 8 | Fewer than 25 authentic photographs survive by this French pioneer who died in 1851 |
| 4 | Margaret Bourke-White | 6 | This photojournalist worked with future husband Erskine Caldwell on "You Have Seen Their Faces" |
| 5 | Richard Avedon | 5 | Dick Avery, Fred Astaire's character in "Funny Face", is based on this real-life photographer |
| 6 | the shutter | 5 | To get a stick motion blur, you can allow more light to pass through your cam by setting a slow speed of this device |
| 7 | Kodak | 5 | In 1888 George Eastman introduced this camera that came with a preloaded roll of film for 100 exposures |
| 8 | Life | 5 | Working for this Luce magazine in the '50s, Gordon Parks mastered dramatic black & white shots like the one seen here |
| 9 | (George) Eastman | 4 | In 1880 this photography pioneer founded a dry plate company in Rochester |
| 10 | Diane Arbus | 4 | Her first photo-essay appeared in Esquire in 1960; much of her work thereafter depicted human oddities |
| 11 | silver | 3 | Old-timey photos may be tintypes, but the predecessor to modern prints used gelatin & usually salts of this precious metal |
| 12 | Annie Leibovitz | 3 | Her 1981 Rolling Stone cover shot of a nude John Lennon was taken hours before his murder |
| 13 | single lens reflex | 3 | Many professional photographers today use a digital SLR, short for this type of camera |
| 14 | aperture | 3 | Term for the opening of the lens through which light enters |
| 15 | a tripod | 3 | To a "shooter", a news camera operator, the "sticks" are this important accessory |
| 16 | the Empire State Building | 2 | Lewis Hine's 1932 book "Men at Work" documented in photographs the construction of this NYC building in 1930 |
| 17 | the Beatles | 2 | Mike Mitchell's rare photos of this group's first U.S. concert on February 11, 1964 were auctioned by Christie's in 2011 |
| 18 | pixels | 2 | High-resolution digital images can contain millions of these tiny squares of color |
| 19 | National Geographic | 2 | Publishing its first photo in 1889, today it has more than 4 billion likes & 100 million followers on Instagram |
| 20 | matte | 2 | Photographic prints are of 2 basic types: glossy, which is shiny, & this, which is dull |
| 21 | Man Ray | 2 | This American-born Dadaist was known for his "cameraless" pictures, which he called rayographs |
| 22 | Lewis Carroll | 2 | The poetic & artistic Rosettis were snapped by this Victorian children's author, also a serious photographer |
| 23 | lenses | 2 | A basic set of these includes normal, wide-angle & telephoto |
| 24 | Kirlian photography | 2 | This type of photography captures electromagnetic discharges surrounding living things |
| 25 | John Lennon | 2 | On Dec. 8, 1980 Paul Goresh took the last photograph of this rock star as he signed his LP "Double Fantasy" |
| 26 | filters | 2 | Types of these lens attachments include polarizing, warming & neutral density |
| 27 | f-stops | 2 | Among these settings are 2.8, 4, 5.6 & 8 |
| 28 | a horse | 2 | Eadweard Muybridge's 1878 photos proved that when this animal runs, all 4 feet are off the ground at 1 point |
| 29 | 35mm | 2 | Most SLR or single-lens reflex cameras use this size film |
| 30 | the F-stop | 2 | As the aperture gets smaller, this figure gets higher |
| 31 | the Crimean War | 2 | Britain's Roger Fenton is known as the first war photographer, capturing quiet moments in this 1850s conflict |
| 32 | Alfred Stieglitz | 2 | The Nat'l Gallery of Art has a print of every negative printed & kept by this husband of Georgia O'Keeffe |
| 33 | Mapplethorpe | 2 | In October 1990, a Cincinnati art museum was cleared of obscenity charges for exhibiting his work |
| 34 | a zoom lens | 2 | Speedy-sounding accessory that combines the features of standard, wide-angle & telephoto lenses |
| 35 | ISO | 2 | It's the 3-letter definition for measuring film speed |
| 36 | a camera obscura | 2 | This box whose name is Latin for "dark chamber" was used to produce large images before photography |
| 37 | a flash bulb | 2 | One early form of this was magnesium powder poured in a trough & fired by a percussion cap |
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