Eadweard Muybridge
Subtitle: the father of the motion picture
By: Gordon Hendricks.
Publisher: Grossman Publishers
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904; Chronophotography -- History
Description: 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.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 245-254.
Includes index.