Eadweard Muybridge

English-American photographer (1830–1904)

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Eadweard Muybridge was an English-American photographer who lived from 1830 to 1904 and pioneered the study of motion through sequential photography. His innovative work documenting how animals and humans move helped advance both photography as an art form and the scientific understanding of locomotion.

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Born: 1830
Died: 1904
Works: 30

Top works

Human motion
Panoramic San Francisco, 1877
Álbum de un Loco
Das Pferd in Bewegung
The science of animal locomotion (zoopraxography)

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Acting · Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK

Edward James Muggeridge, known by the pseudonym Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom - ibid., May 8, 1904) was an English-American photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. Today, Muybridge is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion in 1877 and 1878, which used…

Known for

Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer — Self (archive footage)1975

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Country: GB
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Galloping horse, animated using photos by Muybridge (1887) Eadweard Muybridge (/ˌɛdwərd ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ/ ED-wərd MY-brij; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.

He adopted the first name "Eadweard" as the original Anglo-Saxon form of "Edward", and the surname "Muybridge", believing it to be similarly archaic. A photographer in the 19th century American West, he photographed Yosemite, San Francisco, the newly acquired Alaskan Territory, subjects involved in the Modoc War, and lighthouses on the West Coast. He also made his early moving picture studies in California.