Was doing some reading and this work was supposed to show,
"the fragmented, multiple-image sensation that technology had exposed. But people don't really see motion that way, in blurs or strobe repetitions." Or they didn't, before photography. These paintings and photographs captures a hastening of perception."
Thought this was quite interesting, the author suggests this because "Photography thus began not just as a means of preserving a visual record or expressing an artistic vision. It froze a world in fast motion."
Hi Kris, I did my Politics of Vision visual analysis on Chronophotography, which i think i'm right in saying served as the inspiration for Duchamp's Nude...
ReplyDeleteit was an early form of photography with primarily scientific goals, but some of the shots are beautiful! Check out Étienne-Jules Marey + Eadweard James Muybridge. the method also had important implications for control of the worker - finding the most efficient way to perform a task, so that everyone's productivity could be measured etc.