What is the goal of high-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI)?

High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI) aims to enhance the dynamic range of photographs, thereby enabling images to more closely replicate the way the human eye perceives light and color in real-world scenes. Human vision can perceive a broad range of brightness levels in various lighting conditions, and HDRI seeks to capture this by combining multiple exposures of the same scene taken at different exposure levels. This technique allows for the representation of both the darkest shadows and the brightest highlights in a single image, which would typically be lost in standard photography due to limitations in sensor dynamic range.

The other options listed do not accurately reflect the primary goal of HDRI. Simplifying the editing process, minimizing luminosity, or creating black and white photographs are not relevant to the purpose of HDRI, which focuses specifically on enhancing visual representation through a greater range of luminosity rather than altering the tonal aspects in those specific ways.