Eadweard James Muybridge / 1830



E.J Muybridge was an English photographer who made things changed importantly for the 19th Century photographic scene. He was born in 1830 and died in 1904 in his home country.

What did he do exactly?
He was the first to photograph a solar eclipse, he also made panoramic photographs 26 feet (8 meters) long of San Francisco, he invented a precursor of the film projector, but he is especially known for his photographs of animals and people in motion... he then opened a new dimension of photography!



Galloping Horse, 1887



Phenakistoscope, 1893



Untitled, Year unknown



Woman walking downstairs, late 19th Century



Panorama of San Francisco, 1878