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Rebecca Solnit
A writer who lives in San Francisco. She has written on a variety of subjects including the environment, politics, place, and art.
River of Shadows
Synopsis
Rebecca Solnit tells the story of Eadweard Muybridge, the photographer who captured high-speed motion in 1872, paving the way for movies. This biography expands to a larger narrative about how railroads, telegraphy, and photography reshaped time and space. Solnit argues that modern life began in late 19th-century California with these accelerations and industrializations.