Wednesday, May 13, 2009

: Eadweard J. Muybridge : 1830 ~ 1904




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WALKING DOWN STAIRS

Eadweard J. Muybridge (April 91830 – May 81904) was an English photographer, known primarily for his early use of multiplecameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the celluloid film strip that is still used today. The name "Eadweard Muybridge" is pronounced /ˌɛdwərd ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ/.

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For the 1893 World's Fair Muybridge produced disks for thephenakistoscope, a parlor toy used to view short motion sequences.

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