chronophotography
Sign in to savethumb|The Horse in Motion, a motion study photographed by Eadweard Muybridge using chronophotography, 1878 thumb|Animated gif from frame 1 to 11 of The Horse in Motion. "Sallie Gardner", owned by Leland Stanford, running at a 1:40 pace over the Palo Alto track, 19 June 1878.
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9 sectionsContents
- Definition
- History
- 1840s: incidental sequences
- 1849-1870s: early attempts at motion pictures
- 1878-1890s: Muybridge, Marey and others
- Process
- Uses
- Notes
- External links
thumb|The Horse in Motion, a motion study photographed by Eadweard Muybridge using chronophotography, 1878 thumb|Animated gif from frame 1 to 11 of The Horse in Motion. "Sallie Gardner", owned by Leland Stanford, running at a 1:40 pace over the Palo Alto track, 19 June 1878.
Chronophotography is a photographic technique from the Victorian era which captures a number of phases of movements. The best known chronophotography works were mostly intended for the scientific study of locomotion, to discover practical information for animal handlers and/or as reference material for artists. Although many results were not intended to be exhibited as moving pictures, there is much overlap with the more or less simultaneous quest to register and exhibit photographic motion pictures.