Eadweard Muybridge

The Corcoran Gallery of Art has a photograph exhibit, Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, that runs through the middle of July. Muybridge is best know today for his pioneering work with stop action photography, which had a major influence on the development of motion pictures.

I found the exhibit interesting, but unfortunately the stereoscopic lenses did not work for me, so I don't think I got the full affect of the exhibit. Here is the promo video for the exhibit.


Below is one of Muybridge's most iconic series of photographs. Prior to this there had been some debate as to the movement of a running horse's leg, and exactly how many feet left the ground at one time. Muybridge's pictures were able to settle this dispute.


At least as interesting as the exhibit is a contest that NPR ran for video and photographic works inspired by Muybridge. They have posted the winners on the blog post linked to below.

NPR-Corcoran Muybridge Contest: And The Winners Are ...