PRACTICE PAPER 2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What main advantage did Daguerrotypes have over Callotypes?
Answer: The image was sharper and clearer, and required a shorter
exposure.
◉ What extra work was required for a series of portraits before the
invention of roll film? Answer: Photographers had to load a separate
glass plate into their camera for each photograph.
◉ Which technologies do you depend on for the kinds of
photographs that you like to create? (i.e. would you be able to work,
even without color? Flash lighting? Photoshop? Instantly viewable
results?) Answer: I depend on instantly viewable results, flash
lighting, usually color, and definitely digital cameras.
◉ Which chemical process offered the most advantages of the
following three?
Callotype
Daguerrotype
Wet Collodion Answer: Wet Collodion
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the right.
Roll Film Answer: g. George Eastman
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the right.
Color film Answer: f. Kodak Company
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the right.
Wet Collodion process Answer: a. Frederick Archer
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the right.
Silver Gelatin Dry Plates Answer: c. Richard Maddox
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the right.
Instant Film (Polaroids) Answer: b. Edwin Land
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the right.
First photograph Answer: d. Nicephore Niepce
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the right.
Flash technology Answer: e. Harold Edgarton
◉ How did the invention of silver gelatin dry plates change how
much work was required for a landscape photographer? Answer:
Photographers no longer had to prepare each photographic plate
individually with fresh chemicals in a darkroom or light-tight tent,
just minutes before taking the photograph. Instead, they had dry
plates that were ready at any time and could simply be loaded in the
camera, without the need of a darkroom or light-tight tent.
◉ In your own words (about 20 to 40 words), what contribution did
Edward Steichen make to the acceptance of photography as an art?
Answer: Example: Edward Steichen worked to join a group of
photographers together to show their artwork to the world. Later, he
curated a show called, "The Family of Man" that exhibited the work
of many prominent photographers.
◉ Match the photographer on the left with the photograph on the
right
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Answer: Robert Capa
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right.
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Answer: Irving Penn
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right.
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Answer: Lewis Hine
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right.
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g Answer: Richard Avedon
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right.