The Horse in Motion, 'Sallie Gardner' – The photographer and date?

The Horse in Motion, 'Sallie Gardner' – The photographer and date?

• A. Etienne-Jules Marey, c. 1878
• B. Louis Lumière, c. 1890
• C. Ansel Adams, c. 1880
• D. Eadweard Muybridge, c. 1878

Answer: (D)

This item tests your knowledge of who created the famous motion-study sequence of a horse running and when it was made. Eadweard Muybridge produced The Horse in Motion, "Sallie Gardner" around 1878 by arranging multiple cameras that were triggered as the horse ran, capturing a rapid sequence of poses. This work is a landmark because it demonstrated motion through a series of distinct images, influencing both animal locomotion studies and the later development of cinema. The other names belong to different contexts or times: Marey did related work in the same era but not this particular photograph; Lumière were pioneers of cinema a bit later; Ansel Adams is a later 20th-century photographer. So the best pairing is Muybridge with circa 1878.

This item tests your knowledge of who created the famous motion-study sequence of a horse running and when it was made. Eadweard Muybridge produced The Horse in Motion, "Sallie Gardner" around 1878 by arranging multiple cameras that were triggered as the horse ran, capturing a rapid sequence of poses. This work is a landmark because it demonstrated motion through a series of distinct images, influencing both animal locomotion studies and the later development of cinema. The other names belong to different contexts or times: Marey did related work in the same era but not this particular photograph; Lumière were pioneers of cinema a bit later; Ansel Adams is a later 20th-century photographer. So the best pairing is Muybridge with circa 1878.