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This filmmaker cut from a collection of white marks on film to a shot of white flowers blowing in the breeze in his “cinepoeme” Emak Bakia, a work that (15[1])also included sculptures by Picasso. This filmmaker and his student Lee Miller rediscovered and popularized a technique of briefly flashing light (15[1])on developing film. This artist directed Le Retour a la Raison and served as cinematographer for Fernand Leger and Dudley Murphy’s Ballet Mecanique, both of which include (-5[1])images of (*) Kiki de Montparnasse. A brief scene in Rene Clair’s Entr’Acte shows this artist playing chess with Marcel Duchamp, who this artist often photographed for (-5[1])Duchamp’s alter ego Rrose Selavy. For 10 points, name this pioneering Dada photographer who was highly involved and influential in early surrealist film. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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