Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
River of Shadows River of Shadows Rebecca Solnit 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 len… OL12444W
Motion Picture Photography for the Amateur Motion Picture Photography for the Amateur Herbert C. McKay F.R.P.S. F.P.S.A. Probably the first book on 16mm cinematography published in the United States. The author had been a Hollywood camera man in 1919. OL15162794W
The Ciné Camera The Ciné Camera Herbert C. McKay F.R.P.S. F.P.S.A. This small volume includes descriptions and pictures of most of the available cine cameras of the early 1930’s. Chapters include “The choice of a camera”, “Camera Lenses’, and other chapters the on … OL191763W
Muybridge and the riddle of locomotion Muybridge and the riddle of locomotion Marta Braun This book tells of Eadweard Muybridge's invention of very fast photography and his discovery of how animals and people run. OL19974919W
The motion-picture cameraman The motion-picture cameraman Edwin George Lutz From dustjacket: With the increasing popularity of motion-picture cameras, problems have arisen which are quite new to the amateur as well as to the more professional taker of photographs. Mr. Lutz a… OL2749371W
Pictures of motion and pictures that move Pictures of motion and pictures that move Stephen Manes A biography of the photographer and motion-picture pioneer whose early efforts at photographing motion included proving that at one period of its stride, a running horse has all four feet off the gro… OL3482336W
Time-lapse cinemicroscopy Time-lapse cinemicroscopy P. N. Riddle xiv, 121 p. : 24 cm OL6573722W
Ambushed on the jaguar trail Ambushed on the jaguar trail Jack L. Childs,Anna Mary Childs 151 p. : 21 cm OL8959683W