Max King

"A re-representation of movement"

Section MS5, Mark Campbell

Keywords: photography, book

When looking at historical examples of the photographic representation of movement, I find myself drawn to the reference of The horse in motion by Eadweard Muybridge. This pioneering use of chronophotography was intended for scientific clarity, yet what proceeded was the origin of the motion picture. However, unlike a photographic print which is able to become a physical reproduction; the motion picture is bound by the technology that holds it, be it a tape as a series of still images or digital recording medium. Resulting in the medium becoming the object of distribution rather than the motion picture within. Although a photograph can also be understood similarly, a photograph is able to be printed which itself can be distributed; a motion picture is bound to a medium and the experience. Thereby the focus of this inquiry is to interrogate the presentation of movement with imagery as a physical medium.