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Ottomar Anschütz (16 May 1846, in Lissa – 30 May 1907, in Berlin) was a German inventor, photographer, and chronophotographer. He is widely seen as an early pioneer in the history of film technology.
The son of a painter of wall decorations in homes and castles around Lissa in the (then) Prussian province of Posen, Ottomar Anschütz set up a darkroom for wet-plate photography in the family home, switching to Monckhoven's fast dry plates when they became available in 1880 so that he could pursue his already firm interest in photographing ...
Jun 14, 2021 · Along with Eadweard Muybridge and Étienne-Jules Marey, Ottomar Anschütz was one of the most important practitioners of late nineteenth-century chronophotography. 1 Although his work remains woefully overlooked, Anschütz invented the electric Schnellseher (Electrotachyscope) and thus significantly contributed to the technical history of cinematog...
Ottomar Anschutz In 1882 Anschutz began experimenting with instantaneous photographs of animals in motion and machines to display moving pictures from a series of instantaneous photographs. To help in his endeavor he invented a focal-plane shutter camera for this class of work.
Ottomar Anschütz was a German photographer who experimented with early photography and film techniques. He is represented by one work in MoMA's collection and was featured in two exhibitions.
Ottomar Anschütz. (1846—1907) Quick Reference. (1846–1907), German photographer and inventor. The son of a decorative painter, Anschütz learned photography from Franz Hanfstaengl and others in Munich before returning to Lissa in Poznań (today Lescnow, Poland) ... From: Anschütz, Ottomar in The Oxford Companion to the Photograph »
Ottomar Anschütz (16 May 1846 in German Lissa – 30 May 1907 in Berlin) was a German inventor, photographer, and chronophotographer. He invented 1/1000 of a second shutter, and the electrotachyscope in 1887.
