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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.

2. What might separate the whole of humanity, according to Whitman in this chapter of this book?

3. Some photographers are ___________, seeking to document and visually examine the world.

4. The project with the FSA was enormously influential in depicting to America the __________ face of man and his struggles.

5. As the text says, "Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with ____________ in his hair."

Short Essay Questions

1. How does photography encourage voyeurism in those who look at photographs?

2. What kind of art does Sontag believe photography has become, according to the text in this chapter?

3. What does Surrealism strive to do in society, much like the goals of photography in the world?

4. Why is photography a democratizing experience, according to Sontag in this particular chapter of the book?

5. What was the goal of the Farm Service Administration photographic project in 1935 as described in this chapter?

6. What did Steichen thus do with his photographs in terms of creating importance with the subject of the picture?

7. What does Susan Sontag suggest that photography has made society do in relation to reality?

8. What did Edward Steichen photograph in order to show that objects aren't always as simple as they appear?

9. Why did photography come to be seen as a type of copulation with the material world?

10. How might the surrealist art movement be described, according to Sontag in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, photographs are offered as evidence that something occurred at a certain time.

Part 1: Why do you think photographs are thought to be so definitive?

Part 2: How do you think photographs should be used in everyday life?

Part 3: Do you think something is real when you have a picture of it? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The Farm Security Administration once did a photography project which sought to capture the 'common' man

Part 1: How do you define the idea of a common man? Is this definable?

Part 2: Why is it important to document that image of a common man? Or isn't it?

Part 3: How can images of what is common change the way the world works?

Essay Topic 3

Photography offers the viewer a chance to look upon others, without being judged for looking.

Part 1: Do you think it's a good thing for people to look upon others through pictures? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think the ability to be a voyeur affects the person who is looking at the picture?

Part 3: Why do you think people feel safer looking at pictures than looking at the subject in real life?

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