British photographer whose sequential photographs of a galloping horse in 1878 settled a wager about whether all four hooves leave the ground and proved that photography could dissect motion. His motion studies and his zoopraxiscope projector stand directly between still photography and cinema.
Facts
Defining ContributionSequential motion photography; The Horse in Motion, 1878; the zoopraxiscope 1 Connections
Associated With
Corresponded with and was influenced by Eadweard Muybridge's chronophotographic motion studies before developing his own photographic gun and film camera.
Muybridge precedes cinema; his motion studies stand between photography and film.
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
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