The exhibition showed the first photographs of science. It exhibited photos of the solar system, humans and animals. It also showed the progression of both photography and science.
One of the earliest forms of photographs to capture athletes and sports was Eadweard Muybridge, called 'Long Jump From A Standing Start, 1887'. It shot stills of every step of standing long jump from both the side and facing the athlete. In 'chronograph Of A Man Jumping' and 'Chronograph Of A Man Running' by Éitenne-Jules Marey, multiple exposures on the same photographic plate cameras were used. These were some of his best pieces. One of my favourite pictures was 'The Life History Of A Splash' by Arthur Clive Banfield, which explored the behaviour of fluids through high seed photography. Another one of my favourites is 'Lightening Above The Rooftops Of Westgate On The Sea, Kent' demonstrates the Clayden effect. Harold Edgerton captured the motion of exploding fruit in 'Bullet Through An Apple' and 'Bullet Through A Lemon'. The biggest piece was 'Blow Up' by Ori Gersht. This was the most recent piece (2007) in the exhibition. It was the perfect balance between modern art and science. The flowers symbolize peace in all the destruction.
Although no pictures were allowed to be taken, I picked up 'Chronograph Of A Man Running' and 'Lightening Above The Rooftops Of Westgate On The Sea, Kent' from the shop. I liked this exhibiton as it showed the progression of phptography. A lot of the pictures were of nature which my favourite thing t photgraph. It was interesting seeing how photography has developed.
In the eveing, I went to watch Lion King the musical. It was amazing! I have wached the film so I knew the storyine but it was so different from the film. From watching the first five minutes, you could tell a lot of dedication and time has gone into it. The best thing n g for me personally, was the way they represented the animals. The story has many different animals that can be hard to portray without looking tacky and cheap. The animals were each represented by a person and were carefully crafted so the person was almost hidden, to make as realistic as possible. Each dance and song was perfectly executed and very well performed. The actors were clear and you could hear everything. I was quite far back but the animals looked as if they were life size. The elephant even walked through the audience! The staging and scene changes didn't disrupt the performance and were smooth all the way through. I kept getting goose bumps. Lion King is defiantly my favourite musical.
I recommend both these events.
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