max l adams

This work is part of an ongoing study and response to the sequential photography of Eadweard Muybridge.

Muybridge's photography series The Horse in Motion was commissioned by Leland Stanford in the late 19th c. The study's purpose was to resolve the historic myth of the "flying gallop." The common perception had suggested that within a horse's galloping gait all four hooves are at one point simultaneously suspended in the air. His photographs documented that a horse indeed leaves the ground. He revealed, however, that all four hooves are tucked beneath the horse's barrel, as opposed to the common conception depicted throughout most of art history.

This work opts for the art historical posture, while utilizing the precision and layout of Muybridge’s documentation photography.