I was asked to explain why C is incorrect. Here is answer choice C:
Photographer Edward Weston's work was akin to alchemy, his camera lens which magically transformed mundane, everyday items such as vegetables into objects of resplendent beauty.
Errors in C:
The pronoun which needs to be preceded by a comma.
The sentence is incomplete. The noun construction his camera lens requires its own verb in order to complete the thought. The subject of the verb transformed is the pronoun which. The camera lens requires its own verb, as in the following:
Photographer Edward Weston's work was akin to alchemy, his camera lens, which magically transformed mundane, everyday items such as vegetables into objects of resplendent beauty, serving as looking glass for his photographic leaps.
In the version above, the sentence is complete because his camera lens is being put together with the verb serving.
Now here's answer choice B, the correct answer:
Photographer Edward Weston's work was akin to alchemy, his camera lens magically transforming mundane, everyday items such as vegetables into objects of resplendent beauty.
In B, transforming serves as the verb for his camera lens, so the thought is complete; no additional verb is needed.
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