Muybridge

American  

[mahy-brij] / ˈmaɪ brɪdʒ /

noun

1. Eadweard Edward James Muggeridge, 1830–1904, U.S. photographer, born in England: pioneered in photographic studies of animals and humans in motion.

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Muybridge British  

/ ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ /

noun

1. Eadweard (ˈɛdwəd), original name Edward James Muggeridge. 1830–1904, US photographer, born in England; noted for his high-speed photographic studies of animals and people in motion

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Example Sentences

They also analyze photographs of the same location by the 20th-century photographers Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, to shed light on Muybridge’s distinctive eye as an artist.

From New York Times

One of the first scenes alludes to one of the first moving images in film history — a man riding on a horse, captured by 19th century inventor Eadweard Muybridge.

From Los Angeles Times

According to Andersen’s film, that is typical: While Muybridge’s catalog “gives the names of all the horses, mules and dogs,” the voice-over says, Muybridge generally “identifies his human models only by number.”

From New York Times

He invokes what is thought to be the very first moving image, captured by the 19th-century inventor and adventurer Eadweard Muybridge, of a man on horseback.

From New York Times

Motion pictures sprang from that sequence, and Muybridge’s name is well-known to history.

From Seattle Times