Was Given or Was Giving?

Giving is a present tense of give whereas given is the past participle of give. Giving is an act of charity or generosity whereas given also stands for inclined or being prone to. Given is confused with giving as both have a similar pronunciation. Given also refers to a fixed quantity or a specific time.

Was given or was gave?

Both are correct, and it will depend on location which form is more commonly used. (I would consider had given to be the correct answer but gave would be ok.) kept is the imperfect form of keep, gave is the imperfect form of give and had given is the perfect form [of give].

Were given or was given?

"Was given" strongly implies consent (although in some contexts it can refer to "divine providence", i.e. "God gave me the opportunity"). So if you want to be clear that he agreed to have his picture taken, you would use "was given". If you actually took the picture without consent you would say "got".