Eadweard Muybridge: sequences of movement

Muybridge was a English photographer born 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, important for his pioneering work in the sequences of movement.
In 1872 a race-horse owner, hired Muybridge to take some photographs of his horses to reveal whether or not all four feet of a horse were off the ground at the same time while Galloping. Muybridge began experimenting with 12 cameras taken along the track whilst the horse was in gallop. His first attempt seemed to prove that he was wrong and that at no point does a horse have all four feet off the ground but he didn't have it perfected so still unsure he continued trying. He eventually set up trip wires that when the horse would trip one the camera would go off, which resulted in finding out that all four of the horses feet were off the track twice.
Comments
Post a Comment