Famous Photographers Quiz

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Instructions: How well do you know the pioneers and masters of photography?

1.
Who took the iconic photograph 'Migrant Mother' during the Great Depression?
A
Margaret Bourke-White
B
Walker Evans
C
Gordon Parks
D
Dorothea Lange
2.
Which photographer is famous for his black-and-white landscapes of the American West?
A
Ansel Adams
B
Eliot Porter
C
Minor White
D
Edward Weston
3.
Who is considered one of the founders of modern photojournalism and captured D-Day?
A
W. Eugene Smith
B
David Seymour
C
Robert Capa
D
Henri Cartier-Bresson
4.
Which photographer coined the term 'the decisive moment'?
A
Henri Cartier-Bresson
B
Andre Kertesz
C
Robert Capa
D
Brassai
5.
Who was the first female photographer for Life magazine?
A
Margaret Bourke-White
B
Annie Leibovitz
C
Diane Arbus
D
Dorothea Lange
6.
Which photographer is known for intimate portraits of celebrities for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair?
A
Helmut Newton
B
Irving Penn
C
Richard Avedon
D
Annie Leibovitz
7.
Who photographed the famous 'Afghan Girl' for National Geographic in 1984?
A
Sebastiao Salgado
B
Steve McCurry
C
Don McCullin
D
James Nachtwey
8.
Which photographer is famous for documenting marginalized people in 1960s America?
A
Robert Frank
B
Garry Winogrand
C
Diane Arbus
D
Dorothea Lange
9.
Who is credited with taking the first photograph in history around 1826?
A
William Henry Fox Talbot
B
George Eastman
C
Louis Daguerre
D
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
10.
Which fashion photographer was known for his minimalist studio portraits?
A
Helmut Newton
B
Richard Avedon
C
David Bailey
D
Irving Penn
11.
Who created 'The Americans,' a groundbreaking photo book about American culture?
A
Garry Winogrand
B
Walker Evans
C
Robert Frank
D
Lee Friedlander
12.
Which photographer is known for documenting the Civil War?
A
Timothy O'Sullivan
B
All of these
C
Mathew Brady
D
Alexander Gardner
13.
Who invented the daguerreotype process?
A
Louis Daguerre
B
William Henry Fox Talbot
C
George Eastman
D
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
14.
Which photographer is famous for portraits of the Yosemite Valley?
A
Timothy O'Sullivan
B
Carleton Watkins
C
Ansel Adams
D
Edward Weston
15.
George Eastman founded which camera company in 1888?
A
Nikon
B
Kodak
C
Canon
D
Leica

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