In-Class Notes - Potential Exam Questions

The 4 primary audiences for war photography

Public, Soldiers, Press, and Military

How many people were involved in the war?

2.1 Million

How many casualites were in the war?

623,000

What did Alexander Gardner contribute?

Documented the aftermath of the American Civil war, bringing the brutal reality of war to the public

What did Charles Badulaire say about photography?

Strongly condemned photography as art, calling it "art's most mortal enemy" and an industrial trade for the lazy in his 1859 Salon review.

When and by who was the woodbury type patented?

Walter Woodbury, 1864

What did Driffield and Hurter say about in determining a photograph negatives over exposure?

The negative’s overall appearance was its initial exposure from the camera