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Anonymous work

by an anonymous photographer was chosen as the most famous picture by The Photograph Book (1997) ( ), a book of 500 photographs by 500 famous photographers. Anonymous works are creative works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the case of very old works, the author's name may simply be lost over the course of history and time. There are a number of reasons anonymous works arise. Examples include Beowulf and The Arabian Nights.

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by an anonymous photographer was chosen as the most famous picture by The Photograph Book (1997) ( ), a book of 500 photographs by 500 famous photographers. Anonymous works are creative works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the case of very old works, the author's name may simply be lost over the course of history and time. There are a number of reasons anonymous works arise. Examples include Beowulf and The Arabian Nights.

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  3. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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