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Animal Locomotion, Leap Frog, 1887

Boys playing leap frog. The more than seven hundred movement studies in Muybridge's Animal Locomotion series range from methodical investigations of the torqued actions of men, women, and a veritable bestiary to compendia of the more banal actions of daily life. Progenitors of filmic technology, Muybridge's sequences, often reconfigured for legibility rather than strict accuracy, were intended both for scientific scrutiny and artistic investigation. Image taken 1883-86, printed 1887. Eadweard James Muybridge (April 9, 1830 - May 8, 1904) was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and in motion-picture projection. He published two popular books of his work, Animals in Motion (1899) and The Human Figure in Motion (1901), both of which remain in print over a century later. He died in 1904 at the age of 74.

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Animal Locomotion, Leap Frog, 1887

Caption:

Boys playing leap frog. The more than seven hundred movement studies in Muybridge's Animal Locomotion series range from methodical investigations of the torqued actions of men, women, and a veritable bestiary to compendia of the more banal actions of daily life. Progenitors of filmic technology, Muybridge's sequences, often reconfigured for legibility rather than strict accuracy, were intended both for scientific scrutiny and artistic investigation. Image taken 1883-86, printed 1887. Eadweard James Muybridge (April 9, 1830 - May 8, 1904) was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and in motion-picture projection. He published two popular books of his work, Animals in Motion (1899) and The Human Figure in Motion (1901), both of which remain in print over a century later. He died in 1904 at the age of 74.

Personalities:

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

Credit:

Album / Science Source / MMA/Philadelphia Commercial Museum

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Image size:

5100 x 1872 px | 27.3 MB

Print size:

43.2 x 15.8 cm | 17.0 x 6.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1887 • 19TH CENTURY • ANIMAL LOCOMOTION • ANIMALS IN MOTION • BOY • BW • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CHILDREN • EADWEARD JAMES MUYBRIDGE • EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE • EDWARD JAMES MUYBRIDGE • EDWARD MUYBRIDGE • ELECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION • ELECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC • ENGLISH • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EUROPEANS • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • HI-SPEED • HIGH SPEED • HIGH-SPEED • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HUMAN FIGURE IN MOTION • IMPORTANT • LEAP FROG • MOTION-PICTURE PROJECTION • MULTIPLE EXPOSURE • MULTIPLE-EXPOSURE • MUYBRIDGE • NAKED • NOTABLE • NUDE • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • PHOTOGRAPHER • PHOTOGRAPHY • PLAYING • STOP-ACTION PHOTOGRAPHS • STUDIES OF MOTION • TECHNOLOGY • WELL-KNOWN • ZOOPRAXISCOPE