etienne jules marey

Etienne Jules Marey is best known for being a working scientist most of his life. However, he was also one of the first photographers of movement his studies with animals and natural forms in motion came to shape the landscape of modern art. "Marey's iconic work combines multiple angles of a period of motion into a single image, creating a surreal yet scientific record of the subtle changes that occur which make a swing, a gallop, or a swoop"