1.

Ansel Adams
a. February 20, 1902 - April 22, 1984
b. Landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white
images of the American West
c. favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph
d. Picture of mountain in yosemite national park
2. Eddie Adams
a. June 12, 1933 - September 18, 2004
b. portraits of celebrities and politicians
c. awarded for coverage of 13 wars.
d. execution of a Viet Cong soldier
3. Richard Avedon
a. May 15, 1923 - October 1, 2004
b. American fashion and portrait photographer
c. his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style,
beauty and culture for the last half-century
d. Model at 17 years old, staring wide-eyed into the camera, with a flower painted
over her right eye.
4. Margaret Bourke-White
a. June 14, 1904 - August 27, 1971
b. first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry
c. photographed major international events and stories, including Gandhi's fight for
Indian independence, the unrest in South Africa, and the Korean War.
d. Steel support struts are visible inside several newly constructed giant pipes to be
installed in a diversion tunnel that will carry the Missouri River around Fort Peck
Dam construction.
5. Mathew Brady
a. May 18, 1822 - January 15, 1896
b. scenes of the Civil War
c. studied under inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype
technique in America.
d. Photographed Abe Lincoln.
6. Clyde Butcher
a. 1941- present
b. wilderness photography of the Florida landscape
c. began his career doing color photography before switching to large scale black-
and-white landscape photography
d. Picture of florida wilderness
7. Robert Capa
a. October 22, 1913 - May 25, 1954
b. American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and
professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro
c. War photographer
d. Death of a Loyalist Soldier
8. Henri Cartier-Bresson
a. August 22, 1908 - August 3, 2004
b. master of candid photography
c. pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a
decisive moment
d. The snapshot of a man gleefully hopping over a flooded area in
Paris captures the moment just before the man's heel hits the
water.
9. Alfred Eisenstaedt
a. December 6, 1898 - August 23, 1995
b. achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life Magazine
c. success at establishing a relaxed setting for his subjects was not without difficulties,
however, when he needed to capture the feeling he wanted.
d. Skating waiter Ren� Breguet delivers drinks at the Grand Hotel, St. Moritz, 1932.
10. Elliot Erwitt
a. July 26, 1928 - present
b. One of the subjects Erwitt has frequently photographed in his career is dogs: they
have been the subject of five of his books
c. black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday
settings.
d. Picture of dog being walked and in mid air
11. David Hume Kennerly
a. March 9, 1947 - present
b. won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of photographs
taken of the Vietnam War
c. combat photographer
d. “Inside the room election night” with the Bushes and Cheneys
12. Dorothea Lange
a. May 26, 1895 - October 11, 1965
b. best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration
c. influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the
consequences of the Great Depression
d. “Migrant Mother” documenting rural poverty and the exploitation of
migrant laborers
13. Annie Leibowitz
a. October 2, 1949 - present
b. best known for her engaging portraits—particularly of celebrities
c. often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses.
d. Guards rolling up carpet after Nixon
14. James Nachtwey
a. March 14, 1948 - present
b. American photojournalist and war photographer.
 c. He also compiled a photo essay on the effects of the Sudan conflict on civilians.
d. New York, USA, 2001—Ground Zero after both towers had collapsed
15. Georgia O'Keeffe (ACTUALLY NOT A PHOTOGRAPHER BUT OKAY.)
a. ?????
b. one of the most photographed women of the twentieth century.
c. She actively participated in the creation of her own dramatic image, beginning in 1918,
with a series of more than 300 photos
d. Picture of herself
16. Gordon Parks
a. November 30, 1912 - March 7, 2006
b. became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through
1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African-Americans
c. glamour photography
d. Muhammad Ali in Miami. 1970.
17. Man Ray
a. 1890 - November 18, 1976
b. significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements,
c. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter
above all.
d. Self-Portrait with Gun