Eadweard+Muybridge

Edward James Muggeridge, born Kingston upon Thames, Enland on april 9th 1830- May 8th 1904



Moved to San Francisco to start a career as a publisher's agent and bookseller things didn't work out so he started his study of photography and film becoming a photographic pioneer famous for his zoopraxiscope. Edward would draw the sketch onto a circular rotating glass disk that spins around, this device 1st projected motion pictures.



Eadweard Muybridge was influenced by Helios (Greek god of the sun) naming his studio and his son's middle name Helios along with having this God in many of his pictures as shown :

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My favorite collection of Edward Muybridges' work in photography and film. Thank you, enjoy! Matthew Panter