Richard Balzer has spent the past five years curating an
online collection of his phenakistoscopes, praxinoscopes, and zoetropes — "optic toys". According to
The Verge "More recently, he began converting these curiosities into GIFs and
publishing them to his Tumblr, allowing 21st-century viewers to see what early animation looked like before the dawn of cinema and modern photography. The results are equal parts
mesmerizing and grotesque." Happy Spooky Viewing!
(Via
The Verge)