The Horse in Motion

Forfatter/Opretter:

Eadweard Muybridge

Kredit:

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division; http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45870

Shortlink:

https://dkwiki.dk/b/1b34a

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Wikimedia Commons

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The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge. Noted photographer, Eadweard Muybridge was hired, in 1872, by Leland Stanford a railroad baron and future university founder, to find out if there was moment mid-stride where horses had all hooves off the ground.^[1] It took several years but Muybridge delivered having captured a horse, named "Sallie Gardner," owned by Stanford; running at a 1:40 gait over the Palo Alto track, on 19th June 1878.^[1] Muybridge used a dozen cameras all triggered one after another with a set of strings. ^[1]

Licens:

Public domain