The Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo composed images of everyday subjects — workers, market scenes, doorways, sleeping children — that critics likened to passages of poetry. Bravo himself rejected suggestions that his photographs documented poverty in any didactic sense. He stated that he sought instead to attend to the quality of light and gesture available in any street, regardless of the economic standing of those depicted.
Based on the passage, which inference is most strongly supported?
- A
Critics agreed with Bravo's stated intentions
- B
Bravo photographed only wealthy subjects
- Ccheck_circle
Bravo's stated artistic concerns differ from one common framing of his subject matter
- D
Bravo intended his photographs as illustrations of social conditions
Explanation
Bravo rejecting the documentary framing in favor of light and gesture supports B. A contradicts his rejection; C and D contradict the passage.