Who is considered one of the pioneers of American photography?
A) Ansel Adams
B) Dorothea Lange
C) Alfred Stieglitz
D) Edward Weston
Answer: C) Alfred Stieglitz
Which American photographer is known for his iconic images of the American West?
A) Annie Leibovitz
B) Richard Avedon
C) Edward Curtis
D) Ansel Adams
Answer: D) Ansel Adams
Which American photographer captured the Great Depression’s stark realities in his photographs?
A) Margaret Bourke-White
B) Walker Evans
C) Cindy Sherman
D) Gordon Parks
Answer: B) Walker Evans
Who famously documented the migrant mother during the Great Depression?
A) Edward Curtis
B) Alfred Stieglitz
C) Dorothea Lange
D) Diane Arbus
Answer: C) Dorothea Lange
Which American photographer is best known for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits?
A) Richard Avedon
B) Man Ray
C) Robert Mapplethorpe
D) Irving Penn
Answer: A) Richard Avedon
Who is famous for his series “The Americans,” capturing life in the United States during the 1950s?
A) Robert Frank
B) Cindy Sherman
C) Diane Arbus
D) Gordon Parks
Answer: A) Robert Frank
Which American photographer is known for his surreal and experimental images, often involving solarization?
A) Edward Curtis
B) Man Ray
C) Alfred Stieglitz
D) Walker Evans
Answer: B) Man Ray
Who became famous for his portraits of Native American tribes in the late 1800s?
A) Edward Weston
B) Edward Curtis
C) Ansel Adams
D) Diane Arbus
Answer: B) Edward Curtis
Which American photographer’s work is associated with the New Topographics movement, focusing on landscapes and urban environments?
A) Lewis Hine
B) Cindy Sherman
C) William Eggleston
D) Robert Adams
Answer: D) Robert Adams
Who is known for her conceptual self-portraits exploring gender roles and identity?
A) Cindy Sherman
B) Diane Arbus
C) Annie Leibovitz
D) Margaret Bourke-White
Answer: A) Cindy Sherman
Which American photographer captured the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe with her dress billowing over a subway grate?
A) Richard Avedon
B) Irving Penn
C) Bert Stern
D) Diane Arbus
Answer: C) Bert Stern
Who is known for his groundbreaking street photography in New York City during the 1940s-1950s?
A) Edward Weston
B) Richard Avedon
C) Henri Cartier-Bresson
D) Robert Frank
Answer: D) Robert Frank
Which American photographer’s work often addresses social and environmental issues, including the series “Exposure” on the effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam?
A) Margaret Bourke-White
B) Cindy Sherman
C) Annie Leibovitz
D) James Nachtwey
Answer: D) James Nachtwey
Who is known for his portrait photography of famous Americans, including politicians, actors, and musicians?
A) Richard Avedon
B) Irving Penn
C) Annie Leibovitz
D) Gordon Parks
Answer: C) Annie Leibovitz
Who is famous for her documentation of the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression?
A) Edward Curtis
B) Dorothea Lange
C) Walker Evans
D) Gordon Parks
Answer: B) Dorothea Lange
Which American photographer co-founded the influential photography journal “Camera Work” and promoted photography as an art form?
A) Alfred Stieglitz
B) Ansel Adams
C) Edward Weston
D) Margaret Bourke-White
Answer: A) Alfred Stieglitz
Who is known for his images of the Civil Rights Movement, including the photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A) Gordon Parks
B) Lewis Hine
C) Cindy Sherman
D) Edward Weston
Answer: A) Gordon Parks
Who is famous for her underwater self-portraits exploring themes of transformation and vulnerability?
A) Annie Leibovitz
B) Dorothea Lange
C) Cindy Sherman
D) Francesca Woodman
Answer: D) Francesca Woodman
Which American photographer’s work is associated with the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and documented rural life during the Great Depression?
A) Walker Evans
B) Edward Weston
C) Robert Frank
D) Edward Curtis
Answer: A) Walker Evans
Who is famous for his large-format landscape photography, particularly of the American West?
A) Richard Avedon
B) Ansel Adams
C) Edward Curtis
D) Irving Penn
Answer: B) Ansel Adams
Which American photographer is known for his portraits of celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn?
A) Gordon Parks
B) Richard Avedon
C) Walker Evans
D) Edward Weston
Answer: B) Richard Avedon
Who is famous for his photographs of American industrial landscapes and urban decay?
A) Robert Adams
B) Cindy Sherman
C) Edward Curtis
D) Lewis Hine
Answer: A) Robert Adams
Which American photographer is known for her images of Native American life and culture in the early 1900s?
A) Dorothea Lange
B) Margaret Bourke-White
C) Imogen Cunningham
D) Edward Curtis
Answer: D) Edward Curtis
Who is famous for his portraits of American farmers during the Great Depression, particularly the series “American Gothic”?
A) Walker Evans
B) Alfred Stieglitz
C) Dorothea Lange
D) Gordon Parks
Answer: A) Walker Evans
Which American photographer is known for his photographs of the Civil War and is considered one of the first war photographers?
A) Lewis Hine
B) Mathew Brady
C) Annie Leibovitz
D) Robert Frank
Answer: B) Mathew Brady
Who is famous for her portraits of the LGBTQ+ community during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s?
A) Cindy Sherman
B) Diane Arbus
C) Nan Goldin
D) Francesca Woodman
Answer: C) Nan Goldin
Which American photographer’s work often explores the theme of identity and race, including the series “The Invisible Man”?
A) Annie Leibovitz
B) Cindy Sherman
C) Gordon Parks
D) Carrie Mae Weems
Answer: D) Carrie Mae Weems
Who is known for her portraits of prominent African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance?
A) Dorothea Lange
B) Margaret Bourke-White
C) Zanele Muholi
D) James Van Der Zee
Answer: D) James Van Der Zee
Which American photographer’s work often focuses on the LGBTQ+ community, with series like “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency”?
A) Annie Leibovitz
B) Diane Arbus
C) Nan Goldin
D) Francesca Woodman
Answer: C) Nan Goldin
Who is famous for his photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, including the iconic image of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus?
A) Lewis Hine
B) Gordon Parks
C) Cindy Sherman
D) Walker Evans
Answer: B) Gordon Parks
Which American photographer is known for her portraits of famous American women, including Susan B. Anthony and Emily Dickinson?
A) Dorothea Lange
B) Margaret Bourke-White
C) Imogen Cunningham
D) Julia Margaret Cameron
Answer: D) Julia Margaret Cameron
Who is famous for his photographs of the American Civil War and is considered one of the first war photographers?
A) Mathew Brady
B) Irving Penn
C) Robert Frank
D) Lewis Hine
Answer: A) Mathew Brady
Which American photographer’s work often addresses issues of environmental conservation and the impact of human activity on nature?
A) Cindy Sherman
B) Ansel Adams
C) Gordon Parks
D) Richard Avedon
Answer: B) Ansel Adams
Who is known for his photographic series “Family of Man,” which aimed to depict the universality of human experience?
A) Edward Weston
B) Robert Frank
C) Walker Evans
D) Edward Steichen
Answer: D) Edward Steichen
Which American photographer’s work often explores themes of female identity and representation?
A) Cindy Sherman
B) Diane Arbus
C) Annie Leibovitz
D) Dorothea Lange
Answer: A) Cindy Sherman
Who is famous for his photographs of the American South during the Great Depression, particularly the series “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?
A) Walker Evans
B) Robert Adams
C) Edward Curtis
D) Irving Penn
Answer: A) Walker Evans
Which American photographer’s work often addresses the impact of industrialization on American society, including child labor?
A) Lewis Hine
B) Edward Weston
C) Cindy Sherman
D) Robert Frank
Answer: A) Lewis Hine
Who is known for her photographs of the American space program and astronauts, including the famous image of Buzz Aldrin on the moon?
A) Margaret Bourke-White
B) Dorothea Lange
C) Annie Leibovitz
D) Margaret Courtney-Clarke
Answer: D) Margaret Courtney-Clarke
Who is famous for his portraits of American jazz musicians and is considered one of the greatest jazz photographers?
A) Gordon Parks
B) Richard Avedon
C) Irving Penn
D) Herman Leonard
Answer: D) Herman Leonard
Which American photographer’s work often explores themes of American identity and culture, including the series “American Surfaces” and “The Last Resort”?
A) Edward Weston
B) Cindy Sherman
C) Irving Penn
D) Stephen Shore
Answer: D) Stephen Shore
Who is known for her photographs of the civil rights movement, including the series “Mississippi Freedom Summer”?
A) Dorothea Lange
B) Margaret Bourke-White
C) Annie Leibovitz
D) Doris Ulmann
Answer: D) Doris Ulmann
Who is famous for his photographs of American presidents and politicians, including the iconic image of John F. Kennedy?
A) Robert Adams
B) Lewis Hine
C) Richard Avedon
D) Irving Penn
Answer: C) Richard Avedon
Which American photographer is known for her photographs of the American West, particularly the series “Beauty in Decay”?
A) Annie Leibovitz
B) Cindy Sherman
C) Diane Arbus
D) Laura Wilson
Answer: D) Laura Wilson
Who is famous for his series “Subway Portraits,” capturing candid images of New York City subway passengers in the 1980s?
A) Walker Evans
B) Richard Avedon
C) Bruce Davidson
D) Gordon Parks
Answer: C) Bruce Davidson
Which American photographer’s work often focuses on Native American culture, including the series “Sacred Legacy”?
A) Edward Curtis
B) Alfred Stieglitz
C) Edward Weston
D) Margaret Bourke-White
Answer: A) Edward Curtis
Who is known for his photographs of the American labor movement and the construction of the Empire State Building?
A) Dorothea Lange
B) Lewis Hine
C) Gordon Parks
D) Walker Evans
Answer: B) Lewis Hine
Who is famous for her photographs of the Great Depression, particularly the series “Migrant Mother”?
A) Dorothea Lange
B) Margaret Bourke-White
C) Annie Leibovitz
D) Julia Margaret Cameron
Answer: A) Dorothea Lange
Which American photographer is known for her images of the American South during the Civil Rights Movement, including the series “Selma to Montgomery”?
A) Cindy Sherman
B) Margaret Bourke-White
C) Annie Leibovitz
D) Spider Martin
Answer: D) Spider Martin
Who is famous for her documentary photographs of the Dust Bowl and migrant workers during the Great Depression?
A) Walker Evans
B) Dorothea Lange
C) Cindy Sherman
D) Gordon Parks
Answer: B) Dorothea Lange
Which American photographer’s work often addresses issues of gender and sexuality, including the series “Untitled Film Stills”?
A) Diane Arbus
B) Francesca Woodman
C) Cindy Sherman
D) Annie Leibovitz
Answer: C) Cindy Sherman
