Sequential Images

Sequential Images

                                     Eadweard James Muybridge by Richard Taylor (1889)

To create my first project in Sequential Images I did research about well-known sequential photographers. I was most interested in Eadweard Muybridge born in 1830, who was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. his original name was Edwar James Muggeridge His name is the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward which I find very interesting regards to my study program which is the English language. With his camera, Muybridge revealed a new universe of motion, but history has largely obscured his extraordinary achievements in the area of photography.

Edward James Muggeridge, alias Edweard Muybridge, was an English photographer who pioneered motion-picture projections and photographic studies of motion in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. His original name was Edward James Muggeridge, born April 9, 1830, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.
The first people who put pictures on stone drew horses, deer, and buffalos and they painted them running.

In reference to The Atlantic article, invisible life existed in the motion of the horse, something that we cannot see. Until the year the 1870s at the moment a man founded Stanford University and hired the photographer - Eadweard Muybridge.



Eadweard Muybridge - "the man who captured time"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library (1991.1135.9), www. metmuseum.org

The galloping horse was the Muybridge the best creation. In this picture, we can see a man riding a horse. That picture creates a sensation of movement.

Here we have a set of images that present a woman and her movements.

 

Courtesy of the Cooper—Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution/Art Resource, New York

Here we can see sequential images that show us athlete lifting ball.


Animal Locomotion (1887)

In reference to the creativity of one of the best-known motion images of photographer Eadweard Muybridge I went out the campus and I shoot six photos using an automatic setting that shows us the movement of objects, in this case - car.

I took my photos using a 12 MP camera Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphone with phase-detection autofocus.

WHITE CAR

As we can see the white car is moving forward when driving on the street until it finally disappears.
I wanted to show the movements of objects and I think that photos are a good example of motion.
For my collage I work with graphic program called Canva. In my opinion this program is very simple and convenient to use for beginners. We can find there many examples of creative collages. I found it very useful. Here we can se the process of creating collage in Canva program:

First I opened digital software Canva on website:

        Screenshot of Canva 1

Secondly I uploaded my images to Canva using left menu bar and click on'uploads'

Screenshot of Canva 2

I opened simple collage and put my images in order 

Screenshot of Canva 3

Screenshot of Canva 4

Finally I added all pictures and change the filter on it

Screenshot of Canva 5

I think for the first time shooting sequential photos is not too bad, that was a very exciting experience. I think I should work on finding more interesting ideas and go deeper into the world around us. Also for the next time I would do more images and fulfill my Contact sheet. 




Sources:

Pippen, W. (2016) Available at: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/07/eadweard-muybridge/483381/ (Accessed date:10 October 2021)

Brittanica Academic (2021) Available at: https://academic-eb-com.proxy.library.dmu.ac.uk/levels/collegiate/article/Eadweard-Muybridge/54508 (Accessed date:10 October 2021)

MetMuseum (2021) Available at: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/676235 (Accessed date: 10 October 2021)