Brief History of Stop-Motion Animation

Nicely written overview of the history of stop-motion animation with some terrific examples.  Written and compiled by Kevin Kelly. Slashfilm.com blog.

One early example by Thomas Edison: Fun in the Bakery Shop

Michael Langan-Hypnotic sequencing of stills

Michael Langan is an up and coming, award-winning animator, and was a guest speaker in Fall 2010 for Time class.  Check out his mesmerizing use of still photographs in Dahlia and others.
He also created a trailer for the Ann Arbor Film Festival and a "how it was made" film.  Both are excellent:

"Road Trip" - Ann Arbor Film Festival from Michael Langan on Vimeo.


The Making of "Road Trip" - Ann Arbor Film Festival from Michael Langan on Vimeo.

This is where we live: Stop motion using books

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

Gorgeous piece created for the anniversary of a book publisher.
Wonderful city of books comes alive in a whiz-bang animation.
See the "behind the scenes" videos as well for all the contraptions they created in order to shoot the piece.

The Museum: Timelapse from 4th Estate on Vimeo.