distortion - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

The street photographer Weegee used this phenomenon to name a series of experimental photos of subjects including Marilyn Monroe and Liberace. For 10 points each:

[10h] Barrel, pincushion, and mustache are the three forms of what phenomenon in photography? This phenomenon names a series of over 200 photos by André Kertész, mostly of elongated female nudes.

ANSWER: distortion [or Distortions; or word forms like distorting; accept lens distortion]

[10e] Barrel distortion can be achieved using this type of ultra wide-angle lens, whose name reflects the visual experience of an animal underwater.

ANSWER: fisheye lens

[10m] Bill Brandt, who achieved distortion in his photos of nudes via wide-angle close-ups, studied under this artist. This pioneer of the photogram painted two f-holes onto a model’s back for a 1924 photograph.

ANSWER: Man Ray [or Emmanuel Radnitzky] (The photograph is Le Violon d’Ingres.)

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California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	12	19.17	92%	67%	33%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	83%	50%	17%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	88%	75%	25%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	21.67	100%	83%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	20.00	100%	88%	13%

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UCLA B	UCSD B	0	10	10	20
UCLA A	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD C	0	10	10	20
Western C	Brock	0	10	10	20
Waterloo B	Carleton University	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Guelph	0	10	10	20
McMaster B	Western A	0	0	0	0
Ottawa	Queen's	10	10	10	30
Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	0	20
Waterloo A	McMaster A	0	10	10	20
Toronto D	Western B	0	10	0	10
Simon Fraser	McGill B	0	10	10	20
UBC A	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
Toronto E	UBC B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Ohio State A	10	10	10	30
Duke	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	Wake Forest	0	10	0	10
NC State A	James Madison B	0	10	10	20
North Carolina C	North Carolina A	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	James Madison A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	VCU	0	10	10	20
North Carolina B	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Virginia	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	William and Mary	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth B	Bowdoin A	10	10	0	20
MIT	Bowdoin B	0	10	10	20
Brandeis B	Brown	0	10	10	20
Harvard A	Brandeis A	0	10	10	20
Harvard B	Southern Connecticut State	0	0	0	0
Dartmouth A	Yale	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Missouri B	10	10	10	30
Minnesota A	Missouri A	10	10	10	30
Washington A	Washington B	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C	CWRU B	0	10	10	20
Bruin	Louisville B	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	Sewanee	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Alabama B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	WashU A	0	10	10	20
WashU B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Birmingham	Southampton A	0	10	10	20
Imperial B	Cambridge A	10	10	10	30
Oxford C	Cardiff	10	10	10	30
Southampton B	Manchester	0	10	10	20
Warwick A	Edinburgh A	0	10	10	20
Warwick B	Montpellier	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Kentucky	Mississipi State	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Catholic	10	10	10	30
Columbia A	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Columbia C	0	10	10	20
John Jay	Rutgers A	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	Maryland C	0	10	0	10
NYU C	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Georgetown	0	10	10	20