Overview
Fascinating biography not only details Muybridge's groundbreaking photographic work, but also recounts his early life in England, his stormy relationship with Leland Stanford, his marriage to a young beauty, and his acquittal on murder charges after shooting her lover. Also his collaboration with artist Thomas Eakins and influence on Frederic Remington and Marcel Duchamp.
Synopsis
Fascinating, profusely illustrated biography of Muybridge, whose groundbreaking work in photography unfolded against a backdrop of controversy and murder. Details his stormy relationship with Leland Stanford and influence on Remington, Duchamp, and other artists.
Booknews
<:st>Having written many articles and three books about the history of American motion picture invention, Hendricks here presents a biography of a towering figure behind the innovators. Muybridge (1830-1904) left England for the US in his early 20s, and his work with sequential images in California and the University of Pennsylvania laid the conceptual and procedural groundwork for motion pictures, which then only awaited flexible film to be born. The 1975 edition was published by Grossman Publishers. The work is cited in Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)