Friday Photo Quiz

I could do a whole year's worth of Friday Photo Quiz questions about George Eastman, the man who brought photography to the masses. Today's challenge may be easier for stamp collectors: To mark the 100th anniversary of Eastman's birth, a U.S. postage stamp with this portrait was issued. What was the face value of the stamp?
--David Schonauer

Friday Photo Quiz

Though it began as a government entity called the Resettlement Administration, what we now know as the Farm Security Administration was launched as part of the Department of Agriculture 70 years ago, in 1937. Under the leadership of Roy Stryker, the FSA's team of photographers created an indelible portrait of rural America during the Great Depression, an archive that includes one of the most well known images ever, Dorothea Lange's 1936 photo "Migrant Mother." Here is today's question: Of the following photographers, which ones were not associated with the FSA? Good Luck!--David Schonauer

Margaret Bourke-White
Esther Bubley
Jack Delano
Walker Evans
Russell Lee
tom McAvoy
Carl Mydans
Gordon Parks
John Vachon
Marion Post Walcott

Friday Photo Quiz

The Friday Photo quiz masters are back on the job, even in summer. I think we've got a good challenge for you to contemplate over the weekend—but don't work too hard on it. It's hot out there!

The man you see here is Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype. He was French, as you may have guessed from his name. So here is this week's question: Who was the first American to see a daguerreotype? Hint: He was a well known inventor as well, but not in the photo field. Good luck!
--David Schonauer

Friday Photo Quiz

This week photography lost one of its greats, John Szarkowski, who headed the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for nearly 30 years. One of the artists he championed was Eugene Atget, who, as Szarkowski wrote, “was the maker of a great visual catalogue of the fruits of French culture.”
     So here is today’s quiz question: What line of work did Atget do before becoming a photographer? An extra five points for naming Szarkowski’s home state.
—David Schonauer

Friday Photo Quiz

There were several correct responses to last week's question about the stamp  that the photographer Weegee put on the back of his prints. The stamp said "Weegee the Famous." He was famous primarily because he said he was.

For this week's quiz, we go back to Weegee, whose real name was Arthur Fellig. Your challenge: Find the real names of the following photographers:
Brassai
Lewis Carroll
Hiro
Horst
Nadar
Good Luck!
--David Schonauer

Friday Photo Quiz

After a brief hiatus, the Friday Photo Quiz-masters have returned. Bereft at the demise of The Sopranos, we have recently been seeking solice by watching old movies about crime in New York City. One of the best is "The Naked City," based loosely on a book of the same name by a famous photographer. So here is today's questions, presented in order of difficulty.

1. Name the photographer? (We'll make  it super easy by including his picture here.)
2. What did this photographer stamp on the back of all his prints?

Have a great weekend!
--David Schonauer 

Friday Photo Quiz

Summer...and some beach  time coming up. So, the question this week is a shell game. Which of these three photographs—left, above right, or below  right) is not by Edward Weston? You get an extra 10 points for identifying the other photographer. What, you thought I would go easy on you just because it's the weekend, almost?
—David Schonauer

Friday Photo Quiz

Later today I'll be heading from my office over to the Jacob Javits convention center in Manhattan to attend Book Expo, the  annual trade show in which publishers show off their new titles to booksellers. I'm hoping to see a few famous writers while I'm there, and maybe a few photographers who have new books coming out this fall. That leads me to today's quiz question:

Name four well known writers who were also known for their photography. Hint: One is pictured here. Extra credit four naming him.

(There are, of course, more than four writer/photographers, but I'm in a good mood because it's Friday, and all I'm looking for is four names. The first person who responds with that number will be declared today's winner.)
—David Schonauer

Friday Photo Quiz

The research staff here can barely keep up with the pace at which State of the Art readers correctly answer our questions. Maybe this week we can slow you down.

If you were reading the blog this week, you learned about an American photographer who was using a very difficult process to create early color images. In fact, the process he was using was the first successful color photographic process. So here are our questions:

1.    Who was the American photographer?
2.    What were the early color photographs called?
3.    Who invented the process? (Hint: Their picture is seen here.)
4.    When were these types of images first marketed?

Have a nice Memorial Day weekend. We’ll be checking in from the beach to see who solves this week’s quiz.
—David Schonauer

Friday Photo Quiz

The Friday Photo Quiz master is back from California, where he attended the Palm Springs Photo Festival. Today’s quiz honors women in photography. Choosing one from each column, assemble the six famous women photographer’s treble names. Bonus points for the name of the photographer who made the image above.

Julia                Dahl                White
Marion             Post                 Schutze   
Margaret          Margaret          Beals
Jessie               Watson            Wolfe
Eva                  Tarbox             Wolcott
Louise              Bourke             Cameron