View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the question plaguing most photographic theory of the 1970s, according to Sontag in this chapter?

2. And others believe that all proficient photographers must metaphysically ________ the object which they are photographing.

3. The question becomes whether photography is a ___________ process of documentation via machine, or not.

4. Who invited Antonioni to make a film about the Chinese life and its culture?

5. Cartier-Bresson, in the introduction of his book, justified his unwillingness to use _________ by citing technical limitations.

Short Essay Questions

1. Sontag makes a bold assertion in regards to photography and the work of some artists. What does she assert?

2. What do cameras often reveal in the subject of the picture or in the object being photographed?

3. What is difficult, if not impossible to do when it comes to looking at photographs, as opposed to looking at paintings?

4. In order to avoid the over-exposure of beautiful things, what becomes necessary in relation to beauty?

5. What do photographs do to reality, according to this final chapter of the book as written by Sontag?

6. What was the progression of photography in relation to its artistic status, according to this chapter?

7. What do some people think a photographer needs to 'become' in order to be proficient in his or her work?

8. How are vapid or banal objects made beautiful when they are photographed, according to this chapter?

9. Why is it so simple for people in society to collect photographs, according to the text in this chapter?

10. How are photographs presented as art in the modern society, according to this chapter of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sontag makes the statement that in a person being photographed in a sexual way, it's almost as if it's a violation or a rape.

Part 1: Why do you think a photograph might be like a rape?

Part 2: What happens if a person consents to having their picture taken? Is that still a 'rape' of sorts? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you feel violated when someone takes a picture of you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Sontag points out that some photographers are like scientists, documenting and examining the world.

Part 1: Why do you think photographers could be called scientists?

Part 2: Do you think photography is necessary in science? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important to document the world? Or isn't it?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 668 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample