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Photos and Photographers

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  1. The death of the Buddhist Thich Quang Duc was immortalized by Malcolm Browne with this title.

    Burning Monk

  2. English photographer Eadweard Muybridge whose best known photo shows a horse in various stages of running is known for his pioneering work on this.

    Animal locomotion

    (The Horse in Motion)

  3. Nick Ut's most famous photograph depicting a naked 9-year-old girl running toward the camera to flee a napalm attack was taken during this war.

    Vietnam War

  4. Groundbreaking African-American photographer remembered today as the director of Shaft.

    Gordon Parks

  5. Known for black-and-white photographs of the American West, especially in Yosemite.

    Ansel Adams

  6. One of this person's best known photos is John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Rolling Stone magazine that was shot the day of Lennon's death. She also shot a pregnant and nude Demi Moore for Vanity Fair.

    Annie Leibovitz

  7. Dorothea Lange, whose best shot is Migrant Mother, is known for her work during this period of American history.

    The Great Depression

  8. American photographer known for his large-scale black and white portraits of nude men.

    Robert Mapplethorpe

  9. The photographer Robert Doisneau is best known for his images of this city, particularly for his 1950 image Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Town Hall), a photo of a couple kissing in the busy streets.

    Paris

  10. English photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, known for being married to Princess Margaret (sister of Elizabeth II), is usually called by this name.

    Lord Snowden

  11. Self-described 'baby freak', this Australian-born photographer is best known for her depictions of babies and motherhood with images showing children dressed as fairies, flowers, or small animals.

    Anne Geddes

  12. Renowned lady photographer associated with Life magazine known for being the first foreigner allowed to take pictures of Soviet Union's five-year plans. Also achieved renown as the first female war correspondent.

    Margaret Bourke-White

  13. One of Philippe Halsman's best known photos is In Voluptas Mors showing this surrealist artist with a group of women shaped as a skull. The skull image has since been used in the poster for The Silence of The Lambs and was later recreated for The Descent.

    Salvador Dalí

  14. Renowned photographer David Doubilet, often featured in National Geographic, is best-known for this type of work.

    Underwater photography

  15. 'The Surgeon's Photo' taken in 1934 helped build this hoax.

    Loch Ness Monster

  16. The phrase 'the photographer of freaks' is often used to describe her.

    Diane Arbus

  17. Pioneering photographer who was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.

    Alfred Stieglitz

  18. Steve McCurry took a photo of Sharbat Gula for this magazine in 1984 and traced her 17 years later.

    National Geographic (Afghan Girl)

  19. One word - Weimaraners.

    William Wegman

  20. Arthur Sasse captured this figure sticking his tongue out and humanized a genius.

    Albert Einstein

  21. Title given to the photograph of Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers; later used as a book title by Carl Sagan.

    Pale Blue Dot

  22. Tank man - 1989. Location?

    Tiananmen Square

  23. French photographer considered to have founded modern photojournalism. Pioneered 'street photography.'

    Henri Cartier-Bresson

  24. Raising a flag over the Reichstag, a historic WWII photograph taken during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945 is of the flag of this country.

    Soviet Union

  25. Guerrillero Heroico taken by Alberto Korda is an iconic photo of this man wearing his black beret.

    Che Guevara

  26. Joe Rosenthal is best known for this iconic WWII photograph that shows American soldiers with the titular object.

    Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

  27. Famous photograph taken by Robert Capa on September 5, 1936 that was long thought to capture the exact moment of the death of a Republican soldier in the Spanish Civil War.

    The Falling Soldier

  28. Richard Avedon's famous photo shows this actress, nude, with a large python.

    Nastassja Kinski

  29. Taken by Charles O'Rear, Bliss is the name of a photograph of a landscape in Napa County, California. It contains rolling green hills and a blue sky with clouds and was seen by millions as this.

    Default computer wallpaper for Windows XP

  30. He is best known for his documentation of the American Civil War.

    Mathew Brady

  31. 'Beam of light' American photographer known for his contributions to the Dada and Surrealist movements.

    Man Ray

  32. He is best known for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day that shows a sailor kissing a woman.

    Alfred Eisenstaedt

  33. Canadian-Armenian known as one of the most accomplished portrait photographers of all time - highlight is his photo of Winston Churchill.

    Yousuf Karsh

  34. Frenchman who developed a photo process using metal plates and lent his name for a 'type.'

    Louis Daguerre

  35. Iain Stewart Macmillan was a Scottish photographer who became famous for taking the cover photograph for this Beatles' album in 1969. For this shot, he stood in the middle of a street while police controlled traffic.

    Abbey Road