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| Question text: | Born in 1891 to a Quechua-speaking family in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Martín Chambi is today considered to be one of the most renowned figures of Latin American photography. In a paper for an art history class, a student claims that Chambi’s photographs have considerable ethnographic value—in his work, Chambi was able to capture diverse elements of Peruvian society, representing his subjects with both dignity and authenticity.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the student's claim? |
| Answer type: | Radio buttons |
| Answer options: | 1 Chambi took many commissioned portraits of wealthy Peruvians, but he also produced hundreds of images carefully documenting the peoples, sites, and customs of Indigenous communities of the Andes 2 Chambi's photographs demonstrate a high level of technical skill, as seen in his strategic use of illumination to create dramatic light and shadow contrasts 3 During his lifetime, Chambi was known and celebrated both within and outside his native Peru, as his work was published in places like Argentina, Spain, and Mexico 4 Some of the peoples and places Chambi photographed had long been popular subjects for Peruvian photographers |
| Label: | written 4 (13a) |
| Empty allowed: | One-time warning |
| Error allowed: | Not allowed |
| Multiple instances: | No |