Sequence of the Mouth Pronouncing the Sentence ‘Je vous aime’ (I love you), Georges Demenÿ, c. 1891

collotype, h 180mm × w 272mm More details

Are these photographs or film footage? The line is blurred in this series of shots taken by Demenÿ in 1891. In the 24 images, he photographed or filmed himself uttering the words ‘Je vous aime’ (I love you). It takes about two seconds to make such a sequence. Demenÿ’s experiments were intended to teach people with auditory impairment how to read lips.

Identification

Title(s)

Sequence of the Mouth Pronouncing the Sentence ‘Je vous aime’ (I love you)
Sequentie van vormen van de mond bij het uitspreken van 'Je vous aime'
Photographie de la parole, images chromophotographiques de la bouche d'un sujet prononcant la phrase: 'Je vous aime' obtenues par la methode du Professeur Marey (title on object)

Object type

photomechanical print

Object number

RP-F-F25606-A

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Nombre d'Images par seconde: 12. Temps de pose pour chaque image: 1/700 de seconde environ’

Creation

Artist

Georges Demenÿ (mentioned on object)
anonymous

Place

France

Dating

c. 1891

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

collotype

Measurements

height 180 mm × width 272 mm

Explanatory note

Prenten tegenover pagina 306.

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Is part of

Paris-Photographe première année 1891 No 7 (RP-F-F25606)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.281783

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