Railroad Vision: Photography, Travel, and Perception

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Anne M. Lyden In 1830 the British actress Fanny Kemble described the sensation of riding in a train as strange beyond description. This revolutionary new mode of transportation came into being at almost exactly the same time as an equally revolutionary new invention: photography. The two would radically change our perception of time, space, and our place in the world, leading to a new way of seeing that the author, in this thoroughly engaging account, calls "railroad vision." In her words: "It is difficult…