Robert L. Bowen is a New York-based artist, writer, and professor teaching photography, film, and art history. His work has focused on perception, distinguishing illusion from reality in photography, stereoscopic cinema, and experimental architecture.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgements Introduction: Quickstart Guide1. Antoine Claudet ... Photographer 2. The Mind Completes the Action–Herschel’s Dream3. The Human Shutter; Binocular Rivalry and Delirium in Two-frame Cinema4. Cutting Into the Picture Plane: Painting, Binocular Vision 5. Walter Benjamin; Cascading Metaphors of Binocular Vision and the Unique Perspectives of Lucy Raven and Jean-Luc Godard6. Taxonomies of Duration in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Stereographic Media7. Joseph Spithover or How to Be in Two Places at Once (Maybe More)8. Schilling 9. Crowd Control: Giorgio Sommer and Ken Jacobs10. The Crystalline Visions of Robert Smithson11. Reality and Virtuality: Marcel Duchamp, Arakawa and Gins, OpenEndedGroup12. The Model of the ModelGlossary BibliographyIndex of Names

'Fascinating and provocative... Bowen’s book is clear, well-organized, engagingly illustrated, and eminently readable.Packed full of historical and arcane material, The Human Shutter is a courageous book, written by a persuasive author who wants to communicate his passions to his readers. An eleven-page glossary of terms and a full index are added to aid readers in working through the material.'

Robert L. Bowen is a New York-based artist, writer, and professor teaching photography, film, and art history. His work has focused on perception, distinguishing illusion from reality in photography, stereoscopic cinema, and experimental architecture.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgements Introduction: Quickstart Guide1. Antoine Claudet ... Photographer 2. The Mind Completes the Action–Herschel’s Dream3. The Human Shutter; Binocular Rivalry and Delirium in Two-frame Cinema4. Cutting Into the Picture Plane: Painting, Binocular Vision 5. Walter Benjamin; Cascading Metaphors of Binocular Vision and the Unique Perspectives of Lucy Raven and Jean-Luc Godard6. Taxonomies of Duration in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Stereographic Media7. Joseph Spithover or How to Be in Two Places at Once (Maybe More)8. Schilling 9. Crowd Control: Giorgio Sommer and Ken Jacobs10. The Crystalline Visions of Robert Smithson11. Reality and Virtuality: Marcel Duchamp, Arakawa and Gins, OpenEndedGroup12. The Model of the ModelGlossary BibliographyIndex of Names

'Fascinating and provocative... Bowen’s book is clear, well-organized, engagingly illustrated, and eminently readable.Packed full of historical and arcane material, The Human Shutter is a courageous book, written by a persuasive author who wants to communicate his passions to his readers. An eleven-page glossary of terms and a full index are added to aid readers in working through the material.'

Robert L. Bowen is a New York-based artist, writer, and professor teaching photography, film, and art history. His work has focused on perception, distinguishing illusion from reality in photography, stereoscopic cinema, and experimental architecture.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgements Introduction: Quickstart Guide1. Antoine Claudet ... Photographer 2. The Mind Completes the Action–Herschel’s Dream3. The Human Shutter; Binocular Rivalry and Delirium in Two-frame Cinema4. Cutting Into the Picture Plane: Painting, Binocular Vision 5. Walter Benjamin; Cascading Metaphors of Binocular Vision and the Unique Perspectives of Lucy Raven and Jean-Luc Godard6. Taxonomies of Duration in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Stereographic Media7. Joseph Spithover or How to Be in Two Places at Once (Maybe More)8. Schilling 9. Crowd Control: Giorgio Sommer and Ken Jacobs10. The Crystalline Visions of Robert Smithson11. Reality and Virtuality: Marcel Duchamp, Arakawa and Gins, OpenEndedGroup12. The Model of the ModelGlossary BibliographyIndex of Names

'Fascinating and provocative... Bowen’s book is clear, well-organized, engagingly illustrated, and eminently readable.Packed full of historical and arcane material, The Human Shutter is a courageous book, written by a persuasive author who wants to communicate his passions to his readers. An eleven-page glossary of terms and a full index are added to aid readers in working through the material.'