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The Human Figure in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge
Dover Publications
Dover Publications
The 4,789 photographs in this definitive selection show the human figure — models almost all undraped — engaged in over 160 different types of action: running, climbing stairs, tumbling, dressing, undressing, hopping on one foot, dancing, etc....
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Animals in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge
Dover Publications
Dover Publications
Definitive selection of 3,919 photographs, plus author's observations on animals' movements. Incredible true-action shots cover 34 different animals and birds in 132 characteristic motions. Horses, goats, cats, gnus, eagles, gazelles, sloths,...
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Motion Studies: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
Rebecca Solnit
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
In 1872, an Englishman photographed a running horse in California and succeeded for the first time in capturing an image of high-speed motion - the crucial breakthrough that eventually made movies possible. His patron, the philanthropist tycoon...
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Eadweard Muybridge: The Father of the Motion Picture
Gordon Hendricks
Dover Publications
Dover Publications
Fascinating biography not only details Muybridge's groundbreaking photographic work, but also recounts his early life in England, his stormy relationship with Leland Stanford, his marriage to a young beauty, and his acquittal on murder charges...
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