Long Jump from Standing start by Eadweard Muybridge
- Made:
- 1887 in Pennsylvania
- photographer:
- Eadweard James Muybridge
Collotype print by Eadweard Muybridge, Plate 163, 'Long Jump from Standing Start', from 'Animal Locomotion; an Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animals Movements, 1872-1885', published in 1887. Print shows twelve frames from the side, and twelve frames of the same movement from the front.
In 1883, the University of Pennsylvania commissioned Muybridge to produce a photographic study of animal and human movement that they hoped might help to analyse diseases and malfunctions of movement. Guided by a committee of scientists, Muybridge nevertheless still approached the project as an artist. Animal Locomotion included over 19,000 photographs in a very expensive 11-volume set, aimed at connoisseurs and libraries. He focused on the narrative and aesthetic qualities of the photographic sequences.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1939-165/6
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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frame: 20 in x 24 in
- type:
- photograph and collotype
- credit:
- British Kinematographic Society