River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit explores the idea of conquering time and space through the invention of high-speed photography and the expansion of the railroads in the late 1800s. The converging of these events paved the way for what would become Hollywood and Silicon Valley. While chronicling the life of Eadweard Muybridge, Solnit examines key moments in history that led to rapid acceleration of the art and technology industries in California. The expressive typography plays with the themes of time and space.
