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Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer who pioneered motion studies to determine if the hooves of a galloping horse did indeed leave the ground at the same time. The subsequent motion studies resulted in a few inventions, and are also credited with being the precursor of motion pictures. As if this weren’t enough, his personal story is so sordid, you would think it was a high drama novel.
Read MoreFor those of you reading along with me, this month’s book was The Man Who Stopped Time by Brian Clegg. For those of you who are not reading along but are curious about who Eadweard Muybridge is, I wrote a birthday blog about him earlier this month (HERE).
Read MoreToday is the 188th birthday of Eadweard Muybridge. While Muybridge may not be a household name, most of us enjoy the fruits of his photographic studies of motion. You see, Muybridge is credited with capturing movement on film which laid the groundwork for the movies and videos we enjoy today. His studies all started with this experiment capturing the running movement of a horse. I rather love it when art and science collide, so I think the story of how his study of horse movement came about is interesting.
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