Chronophotography
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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 stud
The Horse in Motion, a motion study photographed by Eadweard Muybridge using chronophotography, 1878
Chronophotography of a European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in flight at Pfyn-Finges, Switzerland
An 1854 image of Antoine Claudet's multiplicateur system
"Abe Edgington", owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2-24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June, 1878
The Horse in Motion
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The Horse in Motion is a series of cabinet cards by Eadweard Muybridge, including six cards that each show a series of six to twelve "automatic electro-photographs" depicting successive phases in the
Chronophotography
…along a part of the track, with electro-magnetic shutters triggered by tripwires. Muybridge's first chronophotographic sequences were published as The Horse in Motion cabinet cards in 1878. The images of the horse caused astonishment to the public all over the world, as the poses deviated from most traditional…
"Sallie Gardner", owned by Leland Stanford; ridden by G. Domm, running at a 1.40 gait over the Palo Alto track, 19th June, 1878 (1878 cabinet card, "untouched" version from original negatives)
The typical portrayal of a galloping horse with its legs simultaneously extended fore and aft, as shown here in an 1839 painting by John Frederick Herring Sr.