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Eadweard Muybridge, The Artists
Portrait of Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge was an English artist born on April 9, 1830. Muybridge contributed to the Early Photography movement, worked in the United States and died on May 8, 1904.

The Horse in Motion, Eadweard Muybridge

The Horse in Motion 1878

Zoopraxiscope, a couple waltzing, Eadweard Muybridge

Zoopraxiscope, a couple waltzing 1893

Zoopraxiscope, Athletes Boxing, Eadweard Muybridge

Zoopraxiscope, Athletes Boxing 1893

Hippolyte Bayard, The ArtistsPortrait of Hippolyte Bayard

Hippolyte Bayard

The second person to invent photography

1801 – 1887
Robert Cornelius, The Artists

Robert Cornelius

The inventor of the selfie

1809 – 1893
Anna Atkins, The ArtistsPortrait of Anna Atkins

Anna Atkins

Electric blue: the first photographic book

1799 – 1871
18012000

John Everett Millais

Henriette Browne

Eadweard Muybridge

Charles Dellschau

Albert Bierstadt

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