Happy 182nd Birthday Eadweard Muybridge!
Eadweard Muybridge could probably be considered as the godfather of the moving image.
In 1872, he set about proving that a horses’ four hooves left the ground whilst in transit. He did this by setting up triggered cameras which took pictures of the horse as it passed. He then viewed the images on a zoopraxiscope, an invention of his, which has been dubbed the first ever movie projector.
Basically, he was a genius. And it’s his 182nd birthday today. So happy birthday Eadweard Muybridge!
Cover art from The Marvelettes’ single “Please Mister Postman”, 1961.
Medley: “Sherry”, “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” & “Bye Bye Baby”, by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, 1967.
“Try a Little Tenderness”, by Otis Redding, 1966.
I love the build-up in this song.
“The Two Fridas”, by Frida Kahlo, 1939.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
—Thomas Fuller
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