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:
frame: 20 in x 24 in
type:
photograph and collotype
credit:
British Kinematographic Society