When Jayne Hinds Bidaut saw her first tintype, she was so struck by it

1. In the context of the third paragraph, the function of the phrase “on the verge of a filmless, digital revolution” (Highlighted) is to

The author highlights that there is a strong growth to reviving old techniques used in photography because of the renewed interest.

Option A) highlight the circumstances that make the renewed interest in early photographic processes ironic


2. Based on the passage, which one of the following most accurately describes an attitude displayed by the author toward artists’ uses of old photographic techniques?

If you look at the tone of the passage, the author mildy accept and appreciate the fact that more people are into tintype. You can refer below lines-

So diverse are the artists returning to photography’s roots that the movement is more like a groundswell... Only the tintype lasted as a curiosity into the twentieth century
...At the same time, old methods offer the possibility of recovering an intimacy with photographic communication that mass media have all but overwhelmed.

Option (B) appreciative understanding of the artists’ aesthetic goals

3. Information in the passage most helps to answer which one of the following questions?

Refer to the lines- The old techniques are heavily hands-on...Most became obsolete in a few decades, replaced by others that were simpler, cheaper, faster, and more consistent in their results.


Option (E) What were the perceived advantages of the innovations that led to the obsolescence of many early photographic techniques and processes?