Marc Huehn and the Moving Pictures
A page torn from a book that depicted the image of the world was the foundation of Marc Huehn’s dream. Back when moving pictures – movies as they are now popularly called – were yet to be made, people like Marc Huehn who dreamt of making films were still waiting for a device that is portable and at the same time, efficient in capturing moving images.
He was born on the 5th of November, 1870, barely half a century after the first photograph was produced by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce using a sliding wooden box camera that was invented by the father-son duo, Charles and Vincent Chevalier of Paris. By the time Marc Huehn turned 15, George Eastman, a camera pioneer, had already created the first photographic films. With the dream of becoming a film maker, young Huehn set out to New York and apprenticed under Eastman.
For the next couple of years, Marc Huehn observed how the genius Eastman worked and picked up valuable techniques that later honed his skills in using the camera. His interest lies on capturing moving images however, thus, after a few years, Huehn headed out of New York and went to California to work at the Nestor Studios Hollywood as a cameraman.