Muybridge and the Riddle of Locomotion

by Marta Braun

Book Overview

Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1900) is famous for his invention of very fast photography, and his discovery of how animals and people run. Born in England, he moved to California during the gold rush boom, became a celebrated landscape photographer, and then studied "Animals in Motion" and "The Human Figure in Motion".

For more than a century people have marveled at his series of "Locomotion" images, which depict horses, cats and people moving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770852298
• ISBN13: 9781770852297
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 4 to Postsecondary