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Where do you find beauty? Fashion magazines? Music videos? One American photographer is finding beauty in unexpected places. And a new documentary about his work might help change the traditional standards of “who” is beautiful.
Rick Guidotti put aside his career as a fashion photographer to turn his lens (镜头) to people living with genetic, physical and behavioral differences. He says what changed his perception of beauty was a chance encounter with an albino (患白化病的) girl. “I was just tired of people telling me who was beautiful. Every season that face would change but I was always told who was beautiful. And as an artist, I don’t see beauty just on covers on magazines. I see it everywhere. So that was my initial – that opened my eyes a little wider and wider.”
Guidotti has created Positive Exposure, a not-for-profit organization that uses photography and video to transform public perceptions and promote a world where differences are celebrated. Guidotti and Positive Exposure are featured in a new documentary, On Beauty.
One of women featured in the film is Jayne Waithera. “I never thought I was beautiful because nobody said that to me but meeting him was my profound moment. I remember that that particular day he took my picture and I felt so good like I felt there’s somebody who, like, really loves me and sees me for who I am and who sees me more than my condition.”
The producer of the documentary, Joanna, and Rick are travelling from city to city to promote On Beauty. They say their tour is not about money, it’s about the message: “As we travel from community to community we’re taking photographs and we’re empowering individuals with a powerful sense of who they are. They’re seeing beauty in their reflection but we’re also empowering their families and they in turn are empowering their community as well. All is based on the philosophy of change – how you see, how you change,” said Guidotti.
21. Why did Guidotti change his career?
A. Because he wanted to create his own company.
B. Because the beauty on covers of magazines is not beautiful.
C. Because he couldn’t earn enough money from his former career.
D. Because his comprehension of beauty changed owing to an albino girl.
22. What was the intention of Guidotti’s founding Positive Exposure?
A. To make the public more beautiful.
B. To make his photography more popular.
C. To welcome the differences in the world.
D. To change people with photos and videos.
23. What does the author want to tell us by mentioning Jayne in Paragraph 4?
A. Jayne’s picture was more beautiful than herself.
B. People began to love Jayne after she was pictured.
C. She felt sorrow that nobody discovered her beauty before.
D. Photograph gave Jayne a positive sense of who she was.
【答案】21. D 22. C 23. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是记叙文。Guidotti放弃时尚摄影师的职业，把镜头转向那些在基因、身体和行为上都有差异的人。他创立Positive Exposure希望利用摄影和录像改变公众的看法，推动一个赞美差异的世界。他通过拍摄的纪录片让人们积极认识到自己的美，然后去美化世界。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“Rick Guidotti put aside his career as a fashion photographer to turn his lens (镜头) to people living with genetic, physical and behavioral differences. He says what changed his perception of beauty was a chance encounter with an albino (患白化病的) girl. (Rick Guidotti抛开时尚摄影师的职业生涯，把镜头转向了那些带着基因、生理和行为差异生活的人。他说，改变他对美的看法的是偶然遇到一个白化病女孩)”可知，因为这个女孩改变了他对美的理解，所以Rick Guidotti改变了自己的职业。故选D。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“Guidotti has created Positive Exposure, a not-for-profit organization that uses photography and video to transform public perceptions and promote a world where differences are celebrated. (Guidotti创立了Positive Exposure，这是一个非营利组织，利用摄影和录像改变公众的看法，推动一个赞美差异的世界)”可知Guidotti创立Positive Exposure就是想要人们赞美、欢迎世界的差异，故选C。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中Jayne说的话“I never thought I was beautiful because nobody said that to me but meeting him was my profound moment. I remember that that particular day he took my picture and I felt so good like I felt there’s somebody who, like, really loves me and sees me for who I am and who sees me more than my condition. (我从不认为自己很漂亮，因为没有人对我说过，但遇见他是我最深刻的时刻。我记得那天他拍了我的照片，我感觉很好，好像有人真的爱我，看到我是谁，他看到的不仅仅是我的身体状况)”可知Guidotti给她拍照意义深远，让Jayne感觉很好，感觉到有人真正看到了自己而不是自己的身体状况，这让她对自己有了积极的认识，所以作者提到Jayne是想告诉我们，这张照片让Jayne对她自己有了一种肯定、积极的认识，故选D。
