Chronophotograph of Pigeon in Flight

Chronophotograph of Pigeon in Flight Chronophotograph of Pigeon in Flight Chronophotograph of Pigeon in Flight Chronophotograph of Pigeon in Flight

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Silver gelatin print chronophotograph showing the successive phases of movement of a pigeon in flight, originally photographed by E J Marey from a fixed-plate negative about 1885. The enlargement was made by M P Nadar on Marey's instructions. Handwritten in ink beneath the print 'Photographie de Mr le Docteur Marey - Agrandisement de M P Nadar'.

A professor of physiology at the College de France in Paris, Marey originated a 'graphic method' of recording human and animal movement for which he developed various electrical and mechanical devices. Once his centre, the Station Physiologique opened in 1882, he turned to chronophotography and constructed the first of several 'photographic guns' or fixed plate cameras to advance his research. During his career, Marey amassed throusand of glass plates and nearly 800 short chronophotographic films, many of which were reproduced in his work 'Le Mouvement' in 1894.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1954-476
Materials:
paper (fibre product), cardboard and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
framed: 489 mm x 843 mm
image: 154 mm x 571 mm
type:
photograph, black & white photograph and silver gelatin print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford