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Auguste and Louis Lumière Stills from some of their movies of 1895 - 1896

LUMIERE_LUMIERE.GIF

The Lumière Brothers, c.1896

From the beginning, the Lumière Brothers' approach to filmmaking was more of an effort to reproduce reality, than to tell a story. The body of their work represents captured moments of real life, and is distinctly different from other early film pioneers such as Thomas Edison and George Méliès who immediately saw film's ability to change reality.

Perhaps this is why Louis Lumière saw no future in the medium - he expected the novelty of watching images on a screen that could be seen just as easily by walking outside and opening one's eyes to wear off as time progressed.


LUMIERE_FACTORY.GIF

Workers leaving the Lumière Factory, c.1895

LUMIERE_TRAIN.GIF

Arrival of a train, c.1895

LUMIERE_GARDENER.GIF

The Gardener takes a shower, c.1895

LUMIERE_WALL.GIF

Demolishing a wall, c.1896

LUMIERE_PHOTO.GIF

The Photo, c.1896

LUMIERE_LUNCH.GIF

Lunch, c.1896

LUMIERE_CARDS.GIF

A game Of cards, c.1896

LUMIERE_BOAT.GIF

A boat leaves the harbour, c.1896

Source: http://www.highway1.com.au:80/lumiere/archives.html

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