Title: Motion, Light and Photography:
1Motion, Light and Photography Science, Body, Art
2Edward Muybridge 1870s
Eadweard Muybridge to figure out a bet about
whether all 4 of a horses hooves ever leave the
ground in a gallop. It took years, but Muybridge
delivered He rigged a racetrack with a dozen
strings that triggered 12 cameras. Proved this
true, and sparked motion pictures
3Etienne Jules Marey Chronophotography1883
Man in the black suit with striping and points
for chronophotography, 1883
E.J. Marey, Geometric Chronophotograph of the man
in the black suit, 1883
4Mareys Photographic Gun
Made in 1882, this instrument was capable of
taking 12 consecutive frames a second. All the
frames were recorded on the same picture. With
this gun he studied human and animal locomotion.
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6Marey
7First painting with light Marey and Demeny, 1889
8Frank Gilbreth Motion Studies - 1918
- Gilbreth is known for his motion films depicting
workers bricklaying, typing, etc used as
studies for more efficient and productive work
methods. He called his films and photographs
Work Simplification Studies. - Patented the Chronophotograph Process
- light painting images used to study the
movements of workers by attaching small lights to
hands and bodies and making long exposures. He
then made models of these light movements to
study a workers efficiency.
3D motion models by Frank Gilbreth (1918)
9Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase, oil
on canvas (1912)
Eliot Eliofson, Duchamp descending a staircase,
photograph from Life Magazine (1952)
10Man Rays Space Writing, 1935
Gjon Mili with Picasso drawing a centaur, 1949
for Life Magazine.
11Harold Edgerton Flash Photography Stop
ActionStroboscope and Electronic Flash 1964
12Andreas Feninger, Helicopter taking off, 1949
Jacques Pugin, Graffiti Greffes, 1979
13Josef Sedlak, 1980
14Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura
10 Sunspots on my door.
15Caleb Charland http//calebcharland.com/