单选题 According to the author, the photograph has been misconstrued to carry which of the following advantages?

• (A) A higher cultural importance than the printed word has held
• (B) Greater technological ease than the printed word has held
• (C) Freedom from interpretation that plagues the printed word
• (D) Less dependence on mimetic function than the printed word employs
• (E) Increased sense of taste and conscience that the printed word lacks