#Muybridge picture
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Can anyone help me out with this one? I'm looking for a picture of Eadward
Muybridge – he's considered one of the fathers of animation. I need it ASAP
for a project I'm working on. The only pic that I've been able to find is
from a DCTV disc, and the quality is abysmal. Any help would be greatly
appreciated… Chris
Howdy chris,sorry I can't help with the pic yer looking for. Has the
Tape been finished yet or is this PIC needed for the tape? I'll look
in some of my Animation books and see If I can find one fer ya
Peter, Yup, I have an image from a CDTV disc, but it looks crappy. Almost
done… Chris
GREAT can't wait to see the Tape dude.BTW did any of my work make it onto
the tape?later dude
If you have a complete set of the Human motion studies, Muybridge is the
Elderly nude guy with the beard. …(can't seem to find it here though..)
Thanx for the info I was attempting to help Chris Conroy find a pic of
Muybridge
Yeah, I'm a real sloppy replyer. ANyway, the picture is on the title page
(sequence that is). Great shor of EM sitting in a chair. (title page of
_The Human Figure in Motion_, that is.Dover,1955). Lowengard's aesthetic
rule: when in doubt, run the nude shot.
ok thanx for clarifying that EM pic thing
Chris, there is a picture of Eadweard Muybridge (that's how it's spelled)
in the June '90 AmigaWorld, but it is only 1.5" square, so I don't know if
that would be suitable for you. Good Luck.
Thanks, John… I'll check it out… Chris
Chris: There's a very good print of a photograph of Eadweard Muybridge in
the Dover Press edition of his classic HUMAN AND ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. The
three-volume set is a bit pricey ($150, I think) but you might fiind it in
a university library or an art department library.
It measures about 3.5 by 4.5 inches, in B & W, and is from his later years;
he looks like a Walt Whitman-type wild man in it. There's also a full-page
drawing of him. The intro, by Anita Ventura Mosley, is quite good. This
Dover edition contains all 781 plates from the original edition.
It's an interesting book. By the way, I think he pronounced his name
"mo-bridge". Hope this helps…Lee
addendum to prior mesage: Muybridge was apparently quite a character.
Among other things, he was arrested for murdering the lover of his wife; he
was acquitted. His real name was Edward Muggeridge; he changed it to
Eadweard Muybridge. All this, and more, are in the intro to the Dover book
I mentioned. ———-Lee