Famous Photographers of History

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1. Which U.S. photographer worked for Harper's Bazaar magazine in New York in the mid-1940s before becoming one of the highest-paid commercial photographers? Robert Cornelius Annie Liebowitz Richard Avedon Diane Arbus

2. Who was the famous Life magazine photographer who took photos of Gandhi? Lewis Hine Margaret Bourke-White Dorothea Lange Alexander Rodchenko

3. Which photographer was famous for pictures of poor folks, such as the photo 'Migrant Mother', during the Great Depression? Charles Marville Cornelius Hughes Dorothea Lange Ansel Adams

4. Considered perhaps the greatest photographic artist of all time, he did documentary work in black and white, using a small camera format. Who was this famous Frenchman? Hippolyte Bayard Henri Cartier-Bresson Paul Citroen Desire Charnay

5. Who was the famous American photographer known for their 'identical twins' photograph and for a photo of a small boy holding a hand grenade? Hannah Hoch John Mayall Diane Arbus Max Levy

6. American photographer Alfred Stieglitz was married to which famous artist? Georgia O'Keefe Paula Modersohn-Becker Frieda Kahlo Louise Nevelson

7. What was the name of the book of photographs published by Robert Frank in Paris in 1958 that was nearly unanimously panned by critics? Les Chinois Les Americains Les Francais Les Anglais

8. Who is the modern American photographer who, in the spirit of the motion picture, creates narrative photographic sequences, such as their Death Comes to the Old Lady? Arnold Newman Peter Neff Duane Michals Joseph Pennell

9. He was famous for photographic portraits of Lillian Gish, Rodin, Greta Garbo, and others. Who was this 20th century American photographer? Alfred Steiglitz Edward Steichen Ansel Adams Margaret Bourke-White

10. Which photographer is probably most famous for his dramatic landscapes of the American West? Edward Curtis Edward Weston Ansel Adams Nadar