Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement

by Phillip Prodger

Book Overview

Eadweard Muybridge, one of the great pioneer-innovators of the 19th century, is a familiar figure to students of art history, photography, and cinema. Best known for the photographs of horses and other animals in motion that he made in the 1870s and '80s, Muybridge was the first person to use photography to freeze rapid action for analysis and study. He devised a method for photographing episodes of behavior using a series of cameras, producing some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195149645
• ISBN13: 9780195149647
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

An explosive and innovative photographic history

I have been drawn to the photographs of Eadweard Muybride since childhood -- the jumping horses, running goats etc. have always fascinated me -- but here the author does much better than simply repeat these incredible photographs. He tells you what happened before Muybridge came on the scene; the incredible struggles and sneaky tricks used to make pictures that looked like motion frozen in time. The book is very easy to read - serious, but written in a breezy style that is very accessible. I would recommend this for any history of photography or cinema student. It goes into depth about things that have really never been studied before. Very provocative, highly educational, and very entertaining.