Man in Motion
The Leonian Charitable Trust is thrilled to announce the publication of Man in Motion: The Life and Work of Phillip Leonian.
Offering firsthand insight into the lives and work of Phillip and Edith Leonian, this sumptuous, hardcover volume explores Phil’s lifelong interest in capturing motion within a still photograph.
Divided into categories relating to Phil’s various work series, the 184-page Man in Motion contains over 240 color and B&W images, including photos of Phil and Edith at work, of Phil’s photographic equipment inventions, and of images taken with a specially-designed camera that were never printed during Phil’s lifetime. A biographical essay by Judith Lane (who worked with the Leonians for over 25 years), along with reminiscences by Howard Greenberg and Anne Wilkes Tucker, provides in-depth information about Phil and Edith, while scholarly essays by Kristen Gresh and Marvin Heiferman address Phil’s motion capture work and his contributions to the fields of photography and visual advertising.
With a fascinating double-image vellum cover, two expanding gatefolds, a flip-motion walking man, and other intricacies to discover within its pages, Man in Motion (designed by Yolanda Cuomo and edited by Diana Stoll) presents Leonian’s photography in much the same way that Phil himself approached his work: with playfulness, inventiveness, and serious, focused intent.
Man in Motion places Phillip Leonian solidly within the history of motion photography, alongside the well-known photographic explorers Eadweard Muybridge, Harold “Doc” Edgerton and Étienne-Jules Marey.
Man in Motion is available free of charge to non-profit institutions such as museums and 501(c)3 organizations that teach or exhibit photography. If you represent such an organization, you may request a copy of Man in Motion below.
“Leonian’s images showed magic being made and simutaneously, to viewers’ delight, deconstructed.”
— Marvin Heiferman
from “Money Works Only When It's Moving”
“Leonian not only refined technical approaches to capturing movement, but also infused his work with conceptual depth, blending science, aesthetics, and performance.”
— Kristen Gresh
from “Movement As Subject”Request a Book
(Museums and 501(c)3 Organizations)
If you are not a 501(c)3 organization, you will soon be able to purchase the book on Amazon. Check back here for updates!