Memorize these and you could recognize 35.7% of all Photography clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ansel Adams | 14 | He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra" |
| 2 | Mathew Brady | 9 | This pioneering photographer organized a photographic corps to document the Civil War |
| 3 | Louis Daguerre | 8 | In 1839 he was given an annuity of 6,000 francs for revealing his photographic process |
| 4 | Margaret Bourke-White | 6 | In 1936 she became one of the first 4 staff photographers at Life magazine |
| 5 | Richard Avedon | 5 | In September 1993 Newsweek ran a 30-page excerpt of this photographer's "An Autobiography" |
| 6 | the shutter | 5 | This mechanical device opens & closes to allow light into the camera |
| 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 | He hired Henry Reichenbach to develop a transparent base to be used in his Kodaks |
| 10 | Diane Arbus | 4 | Her first photo-essay appeared in Esquire in 1960; much of her work thereafter depicted human oddities |
| 11 | silver | 3 | Film is coated with light sensitive halides of this metal suspended in gelatin |
| 12 | Annie Leibovitz | 3 | In 1993 Vanity Fair sent this photographer, known for her Rolling Stone celebs, to war-torn Sarajevo |
| 13 | single lens reflex | 3 | Abbreviated SLR, this type of camera uses the same lens for viewing & taking the picture |
| 14 | aperture | 3 | Term for the opening of the lens through which light enters |
| 15 | a tripod | 3 | You can use one of these three-legged supports to hold your camera steady |
| 16 | the Empire State Building | 2 | "Men at Work" is a 1932 book containing Lewis Hines' 1930 photos chronicling the construction of this skyscraper |
| 17 | the Beatles | 2 | In 1964 Harry Benson arrived in the U.S. with this musical group to cover their tour & never left |
| 18 | pixels | 2 | Digital photographs are made up of millions of these tiny squares |
| 19 | National Geographic | 2 | Mattias Klum's photo essays for this magazine include 2008's "Borneo's Moment of Truth" |
| 20 | matte | 2 | Photographic prints are of 2 basic types: glossy, which is shiny, & this, which is dull |
| 21 | Man Ray | 2 | This U.S. born dadaist invented the technique for abstract photographs he called "ray-o-graphs" |
| 22 | Lewis Carroll | 2 | This author excelled as a photographer of children & Alice Liddell was one of his subjects |
| 23 | lenses | 2 | Examples of these include telephoto & fish-eye |
| 24 | Kitty Hawk | 2 | It's the small North Carolina town famous for this groundbreaking event |
| 25 | Kirlian photography | 2 | In this type of photography, auras are seen surrounding the photographic subject |
| 26 | John Lennon | 2 | On Dec. 8, 1980 Paul Goresh took the last photograph of this rock star as he signed his LP "Double Fantasy" |
| 27 | filters | 2 | These lens attachments include polarizing star & neutral density |
| 28 | f-stops | 2 | Aperture size is measured in these numbers which usually range from 2 to 16 |
| 29 | a horse | 2 | In 1877 Eadweard Muybridge's photos proved at one point when it runs, all 4 of its feet are off the ground |
| 30 | 35mm | 2 | Film size that's about 1 3/8 inches wide |
| 31 | the Crimean War | 2 | Britain's Roger Fenton is known as the first war photographer, capturingquiet momentsin 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 | ISO | 2 | It's the 3-letter definition for measuring film speed |
| 35 | a camera obscura | 2 | This box whose name is Latin for "dark chamber" was used to produce large images before photography |
| 36 | a flash bulb | 2 | One early form of this was magnesium powder poured in a trough & fired by a percussion cap |