The End of an American Icon: Coney Island at Night
source: http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/the-end-of-an-american-icon-coney-island-at-night/
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This is a remembrance to Coney Island as this American Icon nears its last days, one more victim of greedy urban gentrification. This piece includes a number of vintage photographs and two videos. One of the videos is the classic Edison short film, "Coney Island at Night."
This Edison short features the revolutionary night photography of Coney Island around the turn of the century, shot by the Edison Studio filmmaker Edwin S. Porter on June 25th, 1905. His camera caressed the lit-up amusement center with long sweeping movements, producing an eerie beauty. The smooth pans and tilts were a remarkable technical accomplishment at the time, given the fact that night scenes required much longer exposures.
This Edison short features the revolutionary night photography of Coney Island around the turn of the century, shot by the Edison Studio filmmaker Edwin S. Porter on June 25th, 1905. His camera caressed the lit-up amusement center with long sweeping movements, producing an eerie beauty. The smooth pans and tilts were a remarkable technical accomplishment at the time, given the fact that night scenes required much longer exposures.
