Muybridge pioneer

 

Edward Muybridge was a famous photographer from the 19th century. He became best known for his experiments with moving images, through which he became an important precursor to film. Who was Muybridge? Muybridge was born in 1830 in England and later moved to the United States. He initially worked as a bookseller, but subsequently gained fame as a photographer of landscapes, cities, and especially the movements of people and animals. What did he do? He investigated exactly how movement occurs. His most famous experiment was photographing a galloping horse. Using multiple cameras in succession, he proved that a horse briefly lifts all four legs off the ground while galloping. His series of photographs later formed an important basis for the development of cinema and animation.