In 1872, Eadweard Muybridge produced a series of studies which included human and animal life and movement.
These were usually photographed in front of a plain backdrop, as he was looking at the mechanics of the movements being made.
These photographs were shot several times a second, to achieve a consistent movement. These separate images reveal what the eye is unable to capture, and also the sheer complexity of motion itself.
In 1880, he conducted what was to be one of his most sophisticated and important experiments.
He photographed a running horse, using 24 still cameras, which were set up alongside a race track, and were triggered by trip wires.
Muybridge then went on to do similar experiments involving dogs and humans etc.
His work with the technicalities and complexity of movement became completely indispensable to the later generations of animators.
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