History of Photography

History of Photography
Julia Schlosser
Study Guide Exam 5
Exam 5: Includes material from Chapters 12 and 13 (50 total points)
Each exam may cover all course materials presented in each unit including all discussions, readings,
textbook chapters, review questions, and lectures.
PART A: (40 points) WRITTEN PORTION OF THE TEST Artist Identification: In the artist identification portion of the exam I
will show you 10 slides taken from the slide list. For each slide you will be required to write the artist’s first and last name and
the title of the photograph. Then you will write one to two complete well-written sentences telling me about the subject matter
and style of the artist. Then you will hand in the written part of the test and move on to the Scantron portion of the exam.
PART B: (10 points) SCANTRON MULTIPLE CHOICE and TRUE/FALSE Then you will answer a series of questions. For
true answers choose “A”. For false answers choose “B”. This information includes details such as:
• Facts about the artist or movement
• The technology and photographic process used in creating the image
• The stylistic qualities of the artist or image
Study these images for the exam. Memorize the name of the artist who created each of these photographs and the title
of the image. You don’t need to memorize the date of the image, but you should know the important facts about the
artist and the image that were discussed in lecture and your textbook.
***Memorize the information in bold below.
1. David Hockney, “Christopher Isherwood Talking to Bob Holman, Santa Monica, March 14, 1983”,
Photographic collage, 1983
2. Nancy Burson, Mankind (an Asian, a Caucasian and a Black blended, weighted according to current
population statistics), 1983-84
3. Pedro Meyer, The Temptation of the Angel, 1991, Digital color print .
4. Mary Ellen Mark, “Rat” and Mike with a Gun, Seattle, Washington, 1983
5. Christian Boltanski, “Monuments, (Les Enfants de Dijon) (The Children of Dijon), 1985, Installation. Black
and white and color photographs, metal frames, glass, light bulbs, wire.
6. Lorna Simpson “Five Day Forecast,” 1988, Five black and white photographs in one frame and ten engraved
plaques.
7. Cindy Sherman “Untitled Film Still,” 1978
8. Barbara Kruger “We won’t play nature to your culture”, 1983
9. Andres Serrano, Piss Christ, 1987
10. Sally Mann, Naptime, 1989, from her book Immediate Family, 1992
11. Vik Muniz, The Steerage (After Alfred Stieglitz), (drawn with chocolate syrup), 2000
12. Joel Sternfeld, “Approximately 17 of 41 Whales which Beached (and Subsequently Died), Florence, Oregon”,
1979. Dye-transfer print.
13. Catherine Opie, Chicken, 1991 from her series Being and Having, 1991. Chromogenic print