Passage: walker evans was a photographer. he is best known for the photographs he took while working for the farm security administration during the great depression. his photos documented the effects of the dust bowl on average americans. evans’ best photographs do not include images that people often find in many dust bowl photographs. there are no dirty, starving children. there are no sad adults who look as though they have lost the will to live. there are no families gathered in filthy, collapsing shacks. instead, people see something that is often missing from dust bowl photographs: dignity.
evans does not use his art to enforce ideas. he does not use his art to show that the people he takes pictures of are different from the people who see the pictures at museums. he uses his photographs to show the dignity of his subjects to the viewer. he shows his subjects’ run-down shacks for what they are—simple, well-kept homes. he does this to remind the viewer that shacks may look different, but they are similar to the viewer’s home. the families who live in these shacks are similar to the viewer’s own family.
which detail is important and should be included in the summary of this passage?
a.
evans shows the viewer that the shacks in the photos are similar to his or her home.
b.
evans uses his art to show the viewer that the people he photographed are dignified.
c.
the viewer does not see sad adults who look as though they have lost the will to live.
d.
the viewer sees that the people evans photographed lived in simple, well-kept homes.