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Which finding, if true, would most directly support the student’s claim? 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, Cha mbi was able to capture diverse elements of Peruvian society, representing his subjects with both dignity and authenti city.
- 1Some of the peoples and places Chambi photogr aphed had long been popular subjects for Peruvian photographers.
- 2During his lifetime, Chambi was known and celebrated both wi thin and outside his native Peru, as his wo rk was published in places like Argentina, Spain, and Mexico.
- 3Chambi's photographs demonstrate a high level of technical skill, as seen in his strategic use of illumination to create dramatic light and shadow contrasts.
- 4Chambi 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.✓
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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.
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