Twelve kinds of taste
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Photographers, Cinematographers, Chronophotography, Biography
An original telling of the story of Eadweard Muybridge, who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically, thus making movies possible. Solnit uses the story of Muybridge as a lens for a larger story about the transformation of time and space by railroads, telegraphy, photography, and myriad other contributions to the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life.
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Cool, prestige, epic and warm.
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“In the spring of 1872 a man photographed a horse.”
A writer who lives in San Francisco. She has written on a variety of subjects including the environment, politics, place, and art.
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