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In one photograph by this artist, three men hold a giant balloon shaped like a hand on a street next to a cab. After moving to Hollywood, this photographer began a series in which faces are stretched into cartoonish (10[1])shapes. This photographer often documented nightlife at Sammy’s on the Bowery. This photographer set up a drunk woman (10[1])to startle two society ladies as they enter the opera for his photo The Critic. (10[2])In this photographer’s On the Spot, policemen stand beneath a sign for a bar near a cloth-draped corpse. (10[1])This artist included LBJ (10[1])and Marilyn Monroe in his Distortions series. (-5[2])This photographer termed the effect of his nighttime street scenes (10[1]-5[1])with bright flash “Rembrandt lighting.” For 10 points, name this pseudonymous photographer (10[2])of Naked City, (10[2]-5[1])known for being first (10[1])on the (10[1])scene of many crimes in 1940s New (10[1])York. ■END■ (10[2]0[8])

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