Horse and handler motion study sequence photographs, Muybridge plate – Antique Photo Print
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Horse and handler motion study sequence photographs, Muybridge plate
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Muybridge's horse-and-handler plates belong to his 1878 experiments in Palo Alto, where Leland Stanford wanted to settle whether a trotting horse ever lifts all four hooves off the ground at once. Eadweard Muybridge answered that question with a row of cameras triggered by tripwires along the track, each exposing a frame in a fraction of a second. Laid side by side, the frames became a sequence of motion rather than a single pose. Worth noticing is how the handler's position shifts from frame to frame alongside the animal, a reminder that these were staged studies of gait, and that the sequence work later helped lay the groundwork for motion pictures.
| Original scan | 5,121 × 4,082 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g13705_ |
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