The sequential pictures would become Muybridge’s artistic trademark but they also contributed to wider biological science, specifically to an understanding of the movement of the body. Top of post: ...

The photos were taken by an English photographer, Eadweard Muybridge, to settle a bet between California businessman Leland Stanford and his colleagues. Stanford contended that at some point in a ...

Ever since the first photograph was taken in 1826, photographers tried to imagine ways to create a moving picture. The concept was simple enough – take a sequence of photographs, or ...

Eadweard Muybridge was tasked with finding out whether all horse’s feet leave the ground at the same time when they run. He attached cameras to trip wires to take a series of images and proved ...

Eadweard Muybridge was a British photographer known for his groundbreaking work in the field of motion-picture projection. Using multiple cameras, Muybridge famously captured the gait of a trotting ...