The Wellspring of Eternity - LewRockwell

The Wellspring of Eternity - LewRockwell: In the beginning, there was the photograph, and the photograph was still and without life. And the people lined up for portraits saying, “Behold, these photographs are flat and lifeless. We want three realistic dimensions!” And so two photographs of the same scene from slightly different angles were caused to be placed in a diaphanoscope, and lo! objects looked real and the images had depth. But the people were not satisfied and cried out as one for motion in their pictures. Then stacks of slightly different photographs were arranged and flipped to create the illusion of motion, and the nickelodeon … Continue reading →