Scientific Photography

Scientific Photography is an important thread within the history of photography. Photography made for scientific purposes, such as the study of motion, astronomy, or medicine, and a source for later film and animation. This movement page brings together photographers, eras, and related contexts so readers can see how the approach developed, where it circulated, and which artists help define its historical position.

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MovementScientific Photography
Photographers2

Overview

Photography made for scientific purposes, such as the study of motion, astronomy, or medicine, and a source for later film and animation.

Photographers

🇬🇧 🇺🇸GB / US1830–1904
Eadweard Muybridge
Scientific Photography
Scientific PhotographyExperimental Technique

Eadweard Muybridge became famous when Leland Stanford hired him to resolve the question of whether a galloping horse ever lifts all four feet from the ground at once.

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🇫🇷FR1830–1904
Étienne-Jules Marey
Scientific Photography
Scientific PhotographyExperimental Technique

Etienne-Jules Marey approached photography through physiology.

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