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The creation of a photographic body of work around an event, place, or culture is known as:
 
  A. solarization.
  B. photojournalism.
  C. editorial photography.
  D. Dada and surrealism.
  E. abstraction.

Question 2

Artists primarily used the camera obscura to:
 
  A. produce naturalistic drawings of the world.
  B. develop photographic film in total darkness.
  C. spy on their neighbors.
  D. protect their unexposed photographic plates from the sun.
  E. None of these answers are correct.



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Answer to Question 1

B
A purpose of photography is to bear witness and document, and photojournalism allowed the public to see a story, not just an individual illustration of an event.

Answer to Question 2

A
Artists concerned with making optically convincing representations through perspective and chiaroscuro welcomed this improved camera as a drawing tool.



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