Etienne-Jules Marey was a French scientist, physiologist, and chronophotographer. Chronophotography is a scientific measurement technique in which photography is used for analysis, often the locomotion of living creatures. In fact, Marey coined the phrase.
Marey devised integral cameras using a single lens and a single imaging surface for photography of phases of the moon. This contrasted with the efforts of others in the field, who used multiple cameras or multiple-lens cameras.
In the 1880s Marey devised a camera that looked like a trolley car that could follow a moving subject. It was during this time, in 1885, that he produced this schematic visualization of movies he made of running people to understand the physiology of human movement.
Marey devised integral cameras using a single lens and a single imaging surface for photography of phases of the moon. This contrasted with the efforts of others in the field, who used multiple cameras or multiple-lens cameras.
In the 1880s Marey devised a camera that looked like a trolley car that could follow a moving subject. It was during this time, in 1885, that he produced this schematic visualization of movies he made of running people to understand the physiology of human movement.