LSAT 141 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q13

RC Question 13 Explanation

DISCUSSION: There’s no way to prephrase the question. Instead, go through all the answers quickly, then focus more narrowly on those that seem plausible. Check your answer against the passage if possible.

I say to go through all the answers first because often D or E will be obviously right. You don’t want to waste 20-30 seconds on A, B or C without looking at all the answers first.

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1. We have no idea. The author didn’t talk about Victorian photography in general or whether other photographers documented real life.
2. We have no idea. The author just tells us about Cameron, not photographers in general.
3. Nonsense. The passage didn’t even mention publicity stills of actors.
   (The author did mention photographs of actors on lines 40-42. But we don’t know if these were publicity stills, and the passage doesn’t say if it’s referring to Victorian photos of actors.)
4. We have no idea why Cameron used amateurs. Professional models may or may not have existed.
5. CORRECT. Line 31 supports this: “trying desperately hard to sit still”. In modern pictures we don’t have to try desperately hard. Photos can often be taken quite quickly, and even when we’re in motion.
    
   Another phrase indicates how hard it was to sit for a photo in cameron’s time: “endures his or her ordeal”