Muybridge and Mobility - Defining Moments in Photography, Volume 6

A cultural geographer and an art historian offer fresh interpretations of Muybridge's famous motion studies through the lenses of mobility and race.In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge successfully photographed horses in motion, proving that all four hooves leave the ground at once for a split second during full gallop. This was the beginning of Muybridge's decades-long investigation into instantaneous photography, culminating in his masterpiece Animal Locomotion. Muybridge became one of the most influential photographers of his time, and his stop-motion technique helped pave the way for the motion-picture industry, born a short decade later.Coauthored by cultural geographer Tim Cresswell and art historian John Ott, this book reexamines the motion studies as historical forms of "mobility," in which specific forms of motion are given extraordinary significance and accrued value. Through a lively, interdisciplinary exchange, the authors explore how mobility is contextualized within the transformations of movement that marked the nineteenth century and how mobility represents the possibilities of social movement for African Americans. Together, these complementary essays look to Muybridge's works as interventions in knowledge and experience and as opportunities to investigate larger social ramifications and possibilities.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Cresswell, Tim Ott Cresswell, John Ott, John William Ott, Ott John
• Assisted by: Anthony W. Lee (Introduction), Lee Anthony W. (Introduction)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780520382435
• ISBN: 978-0-520-38243-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Defining Moments in Photography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / World, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, History of Art, Individual photographers, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, General and world history, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies