Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer and inventor, best known for his pioneering work in motion photography during the late 19th century. He famously created a series of sequential photographs of a galloping horse, demonstrating that all four of the horse's hooves leave the ground simultaneously. This project laid the groundwork for the study of motion and influenced the development of cinema. Muybridge’s experiments helped bridge art and science, showcasing how photography could capture movement in ways that the human eye cannot perceive, ultimately contributing to the evolution of film and visual storytelling.