The reading offers three arguments to illustrate that the negatives are the works of Ansel Adams, a landscape photographer. Nevertheless, the listening argues that although the negatives have some similarities to Adam's work, there are other explanations for those similarities and the negatives are probably not Adams' work.
First, the passage says that the inclusion of a large pine tree proves it is Adams' work because it appears in another photograph of his. However, the lecture points out that this pine tree is a famous and popular site in Yosemite national park and many photographers have taken pictures of it. Therefore, the professor believes that the first explanation proposed in the reading is not valid.
Second, as for the handwriting evidence mentioned by the author, the professor contends that some of the place names written on the envelopes were spelled wrongly, such as Yosemite. But Virginia Adams was the daughter of an artist and she was quite familiar with Yosemite. Thus it is not possible for her to spell it incorrectly. The reading's second argument is also refuted by the listening.
Lastly, the reading puts forward the similarity of fire damage between the negatives and Adams' works. In contrast, the listening contends that since the process of creating negatives involves flammable chemicals, it is not uncommon to cause fire when making them. Many photographers' negatives were damaged by fire in 1920s.
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