单选题 The author is concerned with _____.

A、 defining the Modernist attitude toward art
B、 explaining how photography emerged as a fine art
C、 explaining the attitude of serious contemporary photographers toward photography as art and placing those attitudes in their historical context
D、 defining the various approaches that serious contemporary photographers take toward their art and assessing the value of each of those approaches

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】该题问：作者关注的是什么?C项意为“说明当代严肃的摄影家对摄影作为艺术的态度，并把他们这些态度放在历史进程来观察”。A项意为“界定现代主义者对艺术的态度”；B项意为“解释摄影是如何作为艺术出现的”，第一段有涉及；D项为“界定当代严肃摄影家对待他们艺术所具有的各种观点，并评定每种观点的价值”。这三项只是文内提到的某些方面，不是主要的。