Describe Atlas (Carlão) and explain how Vik Muniz set up the subject of the photograph.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. To create Atlas (Carlão), Vik Muniz “painted” a picture by arranging huge amounts of trash, including flattened 2-liter plastic soft-drink bottles and a dirty pair of blue jeans, on his studio floor.
2. Muniz then photographed the work, which features a noble image of a garbage collector.
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