Eadweard Muybridge

(b Kingston-on-Thames, 9 April 1830; d Kingston-on-Thames, 8 May 1904).

English photographer, active in the USA. He was the first to analyse motion successfully by using a sequence of photographs and resynthesizing them to produce moving pictures on a screen. His work has been described as the inspiration behind the invention of the motion picture.

 

Muybrige Eadweard



 

Volcano Quetzeltenango, Guatemala
1875

Galloping Horse
1878

Ascending Stairs
1884-85

Striking a blow with right hand
1884-85

Wrestling: Graeco-Roman
1884-85

Child bringing a bouquet to a woman
1884-85

Woman pouring a bucket of water over another woman
1884-85

Descending stairs and turning around
1884-85

1885
         


 

Turning around in surprise and running away
1884-85

Head-spring, a Flying Pigeon Interfering
1885

Pole Vaulter
1885

Movement of the hand, drawing a circle
1887