Synopses & Reviews
Time/Motion brings together the work of three photographers—Eadweard Muybridge, Harold Edgerton and Jonathan Shaw—whose work demonstrates the extraordinary potential of the photographic image to explore and capture movement and the passage of time. Spanning 130 years from 1872 to the present day, all three developed technological solutions to explore concepts of time and movement, using specialized cameras and photographic processes.
Synopsis
Classic images of Muybridge and Edgerton and groundbreaking experiments of Shaw.
About the Author
Shaw has a fascination with the conceptual, theoretical and mechanical relationships which exist between time, movement and the still image. His work has been used in advertising/commercial design/exhibitions/installations/interactive film/public art and publications. Commissioned work includes work for Volkswagen, the Manhatten Loft Corporation and Nigel Coates' book A guide to Ectacity. Peter James is Head of Photographs at Birmingham Central Library. He is responsible for one of the national collections of photography and for commissioning and acquiring work.