Description

Eadweard Muybridge went above and beyond to capture stunning views of the Wild West, including Yosemite. His dedication to creating the most comprehensive photographs led to the production of large-format prints and stereograph cards, offering viewers a three-dimensional glimpse of faraway places. Immerse yourself in Muybridge's iconic images captured through his lens.

Key Features

• Intensive and detailed west coast views
• Pioneered capturing animals and people in motion
• Created breakthrough photo sequences in 1878
• Invented the Zoopraxiscope in 1879 for animated projections
• Large Mount Stereoview

Eadweard Muybridge - went to great lengths to photograph the best possible views of the West. He chopped down trees if they obstructed his camera, and ventured to “points where his packers refused to follow him.” Muybridge was determined to produce the most comprehensive photographs ever made of Yosemite and the surrounding region. His views were sold widely in both large-format prints and stereograph cards, which are viewed through a device that creates the illusion of three-dimensional space. This allowed Muybridge to transport his audience, if just for a moment, to a faraway place caught on film. (Smithsonian)

US Photographers (T.K Treadwell & William C. Darrah)

[6-7] *[Eadweard James Muybridge, originally
Edward Muggeridge] "Photographer"; "Cosmopolitan
Gallery of Photographic Art" & "The Flying
Studio"; "Photographic Illustrations of the
Pacific Coast", AK, CA, NV, UT, OR, etc., pub.
by Bradley & Rulofson, often used imprint of
"Helios". Produced fine and extensive groups of
west coast views. Was backed by Leland Stanford
to try photographing animals & people in motion,
later worked in PA on same technique. B. 30 in
England; to America in 51; D. 04. SEE Eadweard
Muybridge: The Stanford Years; R.B. Haas:
Muybridge, Man in Motion; Animals in Motion: An
Electro-Photographic Investigation of Animal
Progressive Movements.

Eadweard Muybridge did not invent the modern motion picture camera, but he created the breakthrough photo sequences in 1878 (The Horse in Motion) and invented the Zoopraxiscope in 1879, an early projector that animated sequential photographic images and paved the way for cinema. (AI)