Edward Muybridge Unit 39

Edward Muybridge

Edward Muybridge was an British photographer he studied and invented motion pictures, he captured several pictures of moving images. Edward Muybridge started rapidly discovering ways to take pictures of moving images in 1879  when he was approached by Leland Stanford. Stanford reputedly laid a bet on the controversial topic weather a galloping house was ever airborne. 

In 1877, after Edward Muybridge stood trial for the murder of his wifes lover, Edward later returned to his attempts at high - speed picture motion. with Standfprd he expanded his ideas of capturing houses pictures whilst all 4 hooves was off the ground. He set up more than fifty cameras parallel to the race track. standing trial for the murder of his wife's lover, Eadweard returned to his attempts at high-speed photography. With the support of Stanford he expanded his experiments into horse movement, setting up a series of fifty cameras parallel to the race track.