1. What does he mean when Rexar refers to photographs as “those most quotidian objects…”? Can you give an example to support this claim. (please use between 50-200 words for your answer).

2. Describe how you understand this quote from Rexar, “…the sense that photography is simultaneously an investigation of reality and of the means of investigating reality. The emphasis can shift, of course, but photography is not a looking at or a looking through but a looking with.” (please use between 50-200 words for your answer).

3. What are up to three statements that feel confusing, you are unsure of the meaning, or want more clarification? (please copy and paste these sentences/statements from the text and include the page number).

4. What are up to three statements that are inspiring, interesting, or appeal to your understanding of photography? (please copy and paste these sentences/statements from the text and include the page number).

5. What does Lyle Rexar argue are contributions that photography has singularly made to modern and contemporary art? What processes, techniques, artists, movements, or ways of seeing does he write about that are inspired from photography?

6. In your own words, what is “abstract photography” as Lyle Rexar describes it?