Trivia, in the Autumn of 1879

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A race horse was a part of something that changed the world.

I'll give you 2 hints

Stanford University

The number 24

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I'll just answer it myself. Every time you watch a movie, a television show, anything think about the man who created Stanford University and the 24 motion pictures he had people take of his race horse on the track. It took months of prep and thousands of dollars, think about the year.That is how "Motion Pictures" got their start. A couple months prior to this a picture was taken proving Mr Stanfords idea, that a horse at one point has all 4 hooves off the gound, literally "floating" if you will.

Now if I make it to Jeapordy I'll get this right

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Curt,

The pioneer work you're refering to is "The Horse in Motion" by Edward Muybridge. Muybridge was a photographer famed for his studies of the Sierras and the American West after the Civil War. Leland Stanford's interest came from the debate of the era as to whether horses feet all left the ground at any time while trotting or galloping. His horse Occident was the subject of Muybridge's series of photographs with a series of timed cameras. It's a landmark work that gave rise to advances in motion picture technology.

Muybridge is a fascinating guy on a number of fronts in American Art and Photography and was involved in a famed murder case involving his wife's lover. His friendship with Thomas Eakins, one of my favorite artists, helped foster Eakins own famous photographic studies. Eakins is best known for his great images of rowers on the Schuylkill.

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Originally Posted by Kasept

Curt,

The pioneer work you're refering to is "The Horse in Motion" by Edward Muybridge. Muybridge was a photographer famed for his studies of the Sierras and the American West after the Civil War. Leland Stanford's interest came from the debate of the era as to whether horses feet all left the ground at any time while trotting or galloping. His horse Occident was the subject of Muybridge's series of photographs with a series of timed cameras. It's a landmark work that gave rise to advances in motion picture technology.

Muybridge is a fascinating guy on a number of fronts in American Art and Photography and was involved in a famed murder case involving his wife's lover. His friendship with Thomas Eakins, one of my favorite artists, helped foster Eakins own famous photographic studies. Eakins is best known for his great images of rowers on the Schuylkill.

Truth be told I was listening to the radio and Paul Harvey did a segment on this. Thanks Steve, good stuff as always from you. I'll check the library tomorrow for the work you mentioned.

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