Chronophotographical Projections Long before computer graphics and blockbuster special effects dominated movie making, early shutterbugs simply wanted to figure out how to make still pictures move. You're invited to explore a pivotal era in photo history that lies somewhere between filmmaking and still photography. Known as chronophotography, this technique was devised in the late 19th century. An interplay of ultra-fast shutter speeds, film plates, and technical savvy are used to create sequential snippets of everyday life. Some of the first moving pictures included galloping horses and other animals in motion, and people moving in odd postures. While today all this may look primitive, it was just the beginning of things to come. Curious experiments in work, rest, and play and splashing objects were necessary steps on the long road to spectacular 21st century filmmaking. (in Photography)
