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1878

Palo Alto, California

Patent model of a camera shutter

Patent model of a camera shutter — Palo Alto, California

Patent model of a camera shutter (patent 212865 by Eadweard Muybridge, 1879) for photographing objects in motion at the National Museum of American History

Photograph by Votpuske

Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.

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Part of the Motion Studies

What followed

The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography BHL19590543
The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography BHL19590543 1878

Other perspectives

099- Eadweard Muybridge, c.1890
099- Eadweard Muybridge, c.1890 1878
Animal Locomotion - side and rear views of boy walking (pl. 562) LCCN2005697039
Animal Locomotion - side and rear views of boy walking (pl. 562) LCCN2005697039 1887
Animal locomotion - 16 frames of racehorse "Annie G." galloping LCCN2006691786
Animal locomotion - 16 frames of racehorse "Annie G." galloping LCCN2006691786 1887
Animal locomotion LCCN92502807
Animal locomotion LCCN92502807 1887

Same technique

Animal locomotion LCCN92502809
Animal locomotion LCCN92502809 1887
Animal locomotion LCCN92502812
Animal locomotion LCCN92502812 1887
Animal locomotion LCCN92502815
Animal locomotion LCCN92502815 1887
Animal locomotion LCCN92502817
Animal locomotion LCCN92502817 1887

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Muybridge's Apparatus for Photographing Objects in Motion
Muybridge's Apparatus for Photographing Objects in Motion 1878
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Muybridge – General view of experiment track, background and cameras 1878
Animal Locomotion LOC 13624694405
Animal Locomotion LOC 13624694405 1878