Found Vintage Photo Focus: In Motion Pictures
Diver, vintage photograph, c.1950, (available for purchase on project b.com)
Diver 2, Vintage photograph, c.1950, (available for purchase on projectb.com)
Leap, Vintage photograph, 1947 (available for purchase on projectb.com
This article was originally in the Fall 2011 issue of Snapshot, the project b Newsletter by Barbara Levine.
Man in Mid-Air Jump, c.1945, (available for purchase)
Beginning in 1851, with the work of photographer, William Henry Fox Talbot and later with Eadweard Muybridge’s famous motion studies, innovators have continued to explore and improve high speed photography. Professional and amateur photographers have historically been drawn to catching motion. Vintage photographs freezing action, impact, explosion, or surprising movement are dramatic and exciting. They can also be mysterious. In the snapshot above, where is that man jumping from and where will he land?
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