Chronophotography

Author	E.J. Marey
Títle	"Pélican, vol transversal descendant, 10 images par seconde"
Technique	Hyalotype
Place	Paris (France)
Date	circa 1900
Register	2225

Copy on glass of a chronophotography taken by the French physiologist Etienne Jules Marey at the scientific station in the Parc des Princes in Paris between 1882 and 1887. Interested in the study of the movement of people and animals, he adapted a photographic camera with a shutter that enabled him to take ten photographs per second with a light exposure time of 1/1000 of a second, on a fixed glass plate. The sensitivity of the new plates to dry gelatin already made it possible to take instant photographs. However, these fixed-plate chronophotographs had a serious drawback, if the photographed subject did not move quickly, the images would overlap on the plate forming a confusing jumble.

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