Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur model armature. By Ray Harryhausen. Exhibit at Ray Harryhausen: Titan Of Cinema exhibition, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland.


A Blog & Photo Gallery of the Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art will post here. Meantime, I am gradually populating this Blog with photos.

The Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition is dedicated to stop-motion VFX animator Ray Harryhausen in the centenary year of his birth, #Harryhausen100. I recommend a visit to the exhibition to all, fans, non-fans, young and old. But I appreciate that a lot of people who would normally travel to visit the exhibition will not be able to do so in these times of COVID-19, so I want to share my experience of the exhibition with you.

Here are a few samples:


Ray Harryhausen: Titan Of Cinema, the One Million Years BC models.



The Hydra. From Jason And The Argonauts - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition.



The first room pays tribute to the inspiration for Ray Harryhausen stop-motion genius, which was King Kong (1933), a movie featuring the stop-motion animation of Willis O'Brien - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition.



Exhibition Continues Inside... Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition.



From The Valley of Gwangi - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition.



Trog, from Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition.



Martian head, from unrealised War of the Worlds project - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition.



The skeleton from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema.



Kali, from The Golden Voyage of Sinbad - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema.



Pegasus armature from Clash of the Titans - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema.



Montage of King Kong, the 1933 movie with stop-motion gorilla by Willis O'Brien. This movie inspired Ray Harryhausen to dedicate his life to stop-motion - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition.



Harpy. From Jason And The Argonauts - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition.



The One Million BC models - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema.



The Skeleton Army (Children of the Hydra's Teeth) - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema.



Brontosaurus dinosaur model armature - Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema.



So come back soon, to see visions of Bubo, the Kraken, Talos, and more...

In the meantime, check out my Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema - Teaser Photo Gallery for a preview of the exhibition.

To learn more about Ray Harryhausen, see my Ray Harryhausen Tribute Blog, listen to The Ray Harryhausen Centenary Podcast with palaeoartist and pterosaur palaeontologist Dr. Mark Witton, and have a go at The Ray Harryhausen Centenary Photo Quiz.

I also write about my personal connection and appreciation for the work of Ray Harryhausen for The Conversation: Monsters, movies, and biomechanics: Celebrating Ray Harryhausen.

As of March 2021, you can also visit the virtual exhibition experience of Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema online via National Galleries of Scotland, wherever you are in the world.

So, there is plenty to keep you occupied until my Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema Blog and Photo Gallery launch.

Thanks for visiting and come back soon.

JG