tim atherton
14-Sep-2005, 13:26
River of Shadows - Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit
Just finished reading it - fascinating book about (among many other things) Muybridge, the place of photography in the settlement and development of the US West, the place of photography in the development of modern technology and industry and business, time and space, motion, panoramas, modernism and modernity (and mammoth plates), the birth of the cinema from photography as well as an intriguing story of a driven and at times bizarre individual. Along with some provoking thoughts on photography on general
Well worth the read
Just finished reading it - fascinating book about (among many other things) Muybridge, the place of photography in the settlement and development of the US West, the place of photography in the development of modern technology and industry and business, time and space, motion, panoramas, modernism and modernity (and mammoth plates), the birth of the cinema from photography as well as an intriguing story of a driven and at times bizarre individual. Along with some provoking thoughts on photography on general
Well worth the read