Monday, February 9, 2009

weekly questions # 3


Describe what a pinhole camera is and explain how it works. - A pinhole camera is a very simple camera with no lens and a single very small aperture, it is a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box.

Write a short biography of Annie Leibovitz and her photography. - Photographer. Born Anna-Lou Leibovitz, on October 2, 1949, in Westbury, Connecticut. when she was 23-years old Leibovitz got a job as chief photographer—a title she would hold for the next 10 years. In 1991, Leibovitz’s collection of over 200 color and black-and-white photographs were exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Later that year, a book was published to accompany the show titled Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990. In 1996, Leibovitz was chosen as the official photographer of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Who were some of the famous people she photographed? - Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Rolling Stone, John Lennon


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