The Human Shutter

This transdisciplinary study offers a fresh perspective on the intersections of photography, cinema, and visual perception, making it an essential addition to collections in art history, film studies, and photography. Robert L. Bowen delves into the complex relationship between art, binocular vision, space, and time across both early and modern histories of photography. Central to Bowen’s analysis is the concept of "the human shutter," a metaphor for binocular rivalry, which he interprets as a f