River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West

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Tandem Library, 2004 - Biography & Autobiography - 305 pages
Solnit's best book so far (Chicago Tribune) is a boldly original portraitof the proto-inventor of motion pictures. The story of Muybridge--who in 1872succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically--becomes a lens fora larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life.320 pp.

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Rebecca Solnit
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Rebecca Solnit
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About the author (2004)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleRiver of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
AuthorRebecca Solnit
Editionillustrated
PublisherTandem Library, 2004
ISBN1417704721, 9781417704729
Length305 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Performing Arts / Film / Direction & Production
  
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