A series of fragments: Man Ray's Le Retour a la raison (1923)

article by Samantha Lackey
discussion of automatism
quote from Man Ray about rush job of this film and it breaking twice during first projection.

Between the photograph and the film frame

section introduction by Oliver Lugon

Patheorama still film (1921): isolated phenomenon or paradigm?

History of the film strip system which began in early 1920s (ended in 1980s). Credit to Pathe. 

Cinema in a single photo: the animated screen portrait of the 1910s

History and discussion of lenticular images which they called line-screen images. patent by Alexander S. Spiegel between 1905-1911.
Passed on to Geremy.

paradoxical status of the referent of stillness in comics

Discussion of comics in relation to cinema and photos. Some cool French comics shown, especially Fred by Naufrage Philemon and Tori Miki, Intermezzo. Passed on to Geremy.

Great trade of tricks: on some relations between conjuring tricks, photography, and cinematography

Clement Cheroux article discussing roots of Melies tricks in amateur still photography tricks which had been published over the two decades leading up to his filmmaking.