The Shadow Traps

Episode 40. A Panic of Possibilities

In early 1888, Louis Le Prince built a one lens motion picture camera in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Is it possible to say what influenced his decision to change from the sixteen lens machine he had already built, to this new (and soon to be historic) camera? This episode attempts to do that... Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/theshadowtraps]

Interim Episode. Please Dislocate Your Mind

A short warm up for Episode Forty. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/theshadowtraps]

Episode 39. 'Grandpa Consoles Me (At Least He Thinks So)'

Le Prince sees the publication of his US Patent for a multi-lens camera. His excitement must have been mixed with apprehension as his designs were put into the public domain and suddenly available to potential rivals. And in Leeds, things were complicated: not only was he struggling to get a working projector for his multi-lens sequences, he had had some kind of eureka moment at the very end of 1887. What was it? This episode explores Le Prince's work from the end of 1887 to the beginning of 1888. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/theshadowtraps]

Episode 38. The 'To Be or Not To Be', a Revelation Before the Second Sleep.

Louis Le Prince has returned to Leeds. This is where history will be made - but not immediately. What did Le Prince do with his machines in the lead up to creating his one lens camera. This episode will begin to find out. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/theshadowtraps]

Episode 37. Two White Gashes for Eyes.

We have already seen Le Prince using his 16 lens camera in Paris in 1887 - but we know so little about what happened. This episode asks 'what can be discovered about those lost months and the images that came out of them?' Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/theshadowtraps]