Sarah GordonIndecent Exposures: Eadweard Muybridge's "Animal Locomotion" Nudes: Eadweard Muybridge's "Animal Locomotion" Nudes

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Review "Sarah Gordon's willingness to move beyond the technology and aesthetics of motion and discuss meaning found in the unique presentation of Muybridge's grids--and in the individual images--leads to a fascinating discussion of his true subject matter when photographing nudes: the artist's and viewer's gaze."--Philip Brookman, National Gallery of Art--Philip Brookman, National Gallery of Art (03/20/2015)"Sarah Gordon draws on a constellation of fascinating archival finds and inferences to offer a provocative and vital new interpretation of Animal Locomotion."--Robin Kelsey, Harvard University--Robin Kelsey, Harvard University (03/04/2015)"Indecent Exposures offers a fascinating new look at photography and modernity, and also at the forces shaping late nineteenth-century American society and culture, including the dynamics of science, professionalization, the rise of university-based scientific patronage, class, and gender. It is a welcome contribution to the growing body of scholarship that is bringing photographic practices into the center of historical analysis." --Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University-- (03/04/2015) About the Author Sarah Gordon is a lecturer, curator, and art consultant based in Washington, D.C.