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River of Shadows
Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
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In 1872, Eadward Muybridge, a British photographer who had landed in California during the Gold Rush, captured images of high-speed movement. These photographs would go on to lay the foundations for motion pictures, changing the west coast of America, and the world, forever. River of Shadows...
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River of Shadows
A fascinating and original biography of Eadward Muybridge, charting how his pioneering work in motion picture ushered in a period of technological innovation.
A fascinating and original biography of Eadward Muybridge, charting how his pioneering work in motion picture ushered in a period of technological innovation.
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In 1872, Eadward Muybridge, a British photographer who had landed in California during the Gold Rush, captured images of high-speed movement. These photographs would go on to lay the foundations for motion pictures, changing the west coast of America, and the world, forever.
River of Shadows is both a bold and original biography of a true pioneer—his trailblazing work, and his complicated life—and a portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. Drawing lines from Muybridge's invention to Hollywood and Silicon Valley, Rebecca Solnit explores how this remarkable breakthrough has shaped the world today.
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ISBN: 9781803511672
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 May 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including Orwell's Roses, Recollections of My Non-Existence, The Faraway Nearby, Wanderlust, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, River of Shadows and A Paradise Built in Hell. She is also the author of many essays on feminism, activism, social change, hope, and the climate crisis. She lives in San Francisco and writes regularly for the Guardian. She lives in San Francisco.
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