Round 1: Tossup 2

Henri Ballot photographed this city’s poor for the magazine O Cruzeiro in response to Life’s photo essay Freedom’s Fearful Foe: Poverty. A proponent of “straight photography,” Paul Strand, showed small people under five dark windows in this city. (15[1])A quote from Rabelais’ Pantagruel titles a collection of photos of this city’s (*) tenements. A child with a hand grenade (10[1])was (10[1])photographed by Diane Arbus in a park in this city. (10[1])Jacob Riis’ How the Other Half Lives collects photos of this city. In a staged photo taken in this city, construction workers on a steel girder eat lunch at a high altitude. (10[1])For 10 points, name this city home to Central Park. ■END■

ANSWER: New York City [or NYC]
<Other Fine Arts — Andrew Gao> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 1
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/202516100%0%13%77.81
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/20255100%40%0%48.60
SPOOKY IX11/20/20255100%20%0%64.00