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River of shadows Eadweard Muybridge and the technological Wild West

In modern history, Muybridge has a significant role -- he captured the motion of the horse with his innovative technology, leading to motion pictures. The impact of recording motion is explored by Solnit as she studies Muybridge and his subsequent life, including the cultural and historical impact o...

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Main Author: Solnit, Rebecca.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2004.
Subjects:
Muybridge, Eadweard, > 1830-1904.
Cinematographers > United States > Biography.
Photographers > United States > Biography.
Chronophotography > History.
Summary: In modern history, Muybridge has a significant role -- he captured the motion of the horse with his innovative technology, leading to motion pictures. The impact of recording motion is explored by Solnit as she studies Muybridge and his subsequent life, including the cultural and historical impact on a highly industrialized society.
Item Description: "First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin ... 2003"--Title page verso.
Physical Description: 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-293) and index.
ISBN: 0142004103 (pbk.)
9780142004104 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Rebecca Solnit writes extensively on photography and landscape. She is a contributing editor to Art Issues and Creative Camera and is the author of three books. She has contributed essays to several museum catalogues including Crimes and Splendors: The Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach and the Whitney Museum's Beat Culture and the New America. She was a 1993 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

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