Muybridge, Eadweard. River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit. Untitled (Friends of Photography) Note: reflections in image of

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Muybridge, Eadweard. River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit. Untitled (Friends of Photography) Note: reflections in image ofViking, 2003. 1st printing, hardcover with protected dust jacket. 305 pages. Illustrated. In this notable volume, Solnit, a gifted writer, provides a compelling narrative placing Muybridge, who was a leader in Western landscape photography and an innovator in the field of motion pictures, in the context of his times. Summary: River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West (2003), published by Viking, is a critically acclaimed