Stop motion
The photography of Muybridge & Marey
Early photographers discovered that the camera could do something the human eye could not: it could capture and analyse rapid movement. And it revealed that artists had always depicted galloping horses incorrectly.
Our exhibition Stop Motion focuses on the unique moment in the history of science, art and photography when the camera was found to be superior to the human eye. It became an essential tool for observing and recording the world around us.
Here, for the first time, the Rijksmuseum presents some 25 original prints of the world famous photographs by British-American photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904). The selection includes images that where the first to accurately document the movements of humans and wild and domestic animals. These prints are accompanied in this exhibition by glass negatives by the French photographer and scientist Étienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904), who was conducting similar movement studies in the same period.
Thanks
The exhibition Stop-Motion. The photography of Muybridge & Marey is made possible in part by a major loan from the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed/Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten and private donations to the Rijksmuseum photography collection.
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