Muybridge

Paralytic Child Walking on All Fours (from Muybridge), from that year, is a fine example of this stylistic shift.

Art's Obsessive Genius

Paul Laster

May 20, 2009

Mr. Muybridge delighted his audience with his wonderful photographs.

I am lost with admiration of these photographs of Mr. Muybridge.

But between 1870 and 1880 two men, Marey and Muybridge, began work with the camera on the movements of horses.

It seems to me that the power in these Muybridge photographs grows upon you.

Artistic people are all talking about Mr. Muybridge, who has come hither with that rare desideratum—something new.