Photography and Media Photography History & Genres 2

Question 1

What is 'photojournalism'?

Accepted Answer

The use of photography to tell news stories, typically for newspapers, magazines, or digital media

Answer

Photojournalism uses photographs to report news stories, conveying information and emotion in a way that words alone cannot, adhering to standards of accuracy and truthfulness.

Question 2

What is 'fine art photography'?

Accepted Answer

Photography created to fulfill the photographer's creative vision as an art form, rather than for commercial or journalistic purposes

Answer

Fine art photography is created primarily as an expression of the photographer's artistic vision and is intended to be displayed and appreciated as art, not to serve a commercial or documentary function.

Question 3

What was the first commercially successful roll-film camera, introduced by George Eastman in 1888?

Accepted Answer

The Kodak No. 1

Answer

The Kodak No. 1, introduced by George Eastman in 1888, was the first camera using flexible roll film and popularized photography with the slogan 'You press the button, we do the rest.'

Question 4

What distinguishes 'macro photography' from other photographic genres?

Accepted Answer

Capturing extreme close-up images of small subjects at life-size or greater magnification

Answer

Macro photography specializes in extreme close-up imaging of small subjects at a reproduction ratio of 1:1 (life-size) or greater, revealing detail invisible to the naked eye.

Question 5

What is 'wet plate collodion' photography, popular in the 1850s–1880s?

Accepted Answer

A photographic process using glass or metal plates coated with collodion and silver salts, prepared and exposed while wet

Answer

The wet plate collodion process required coating a glass or metal plate with collodion, sensitizing it with silver nitrate, exposing it while still wet, and developing it immediately — all within minutes.

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Photography and Media Photography History & Genres 2