River of Shadows Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West

Name: River of Shadows Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
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ISBN: 9780142004104

ISBN-10: 0142004103

ISBN-13: 9780142004104

Edition: 2004

Authors: Rebecca Solnit

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The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnits new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridgewho in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographicallybecomes a lens for a larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life. Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of postCivil War California led directly to the two industriesHollywood and Silicon Valleythat…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/2/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

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.



The Annihilation of Time and Space


The Man with the Cloudy Skies


Lessons of the Golden Spike


Standing on the Brink


Lost River


A Day in the Life, Two Deaths, More Photographs


Skinning the City


Stopping Time


The Artist in Motion and at Rest


From the Center of the World to the Final Frontier


Chronology


Notes


Acknowledgments


Photograph Credits


Index