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.
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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
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.- Birth Year: 1830
- Death Year: 1904
- Nationality: British
- Defining Contribution: Sequential motion photography; The Horse in Motion, 1878; the zoopraxiscope
View the Source 2. Eadweard Muybridge (Wikipedia)
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Eadweard Muybridge ( ED-wərd MY-brij; 9 April 1830-8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.
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