Breaking the Galloping Myth: How Eadweard Muybridge Revolutionized Photography and Animation

Jul 31, 2023 | Science and Technology

In the late 19th century, Eadweard Muybridge, an English photographer, used a series of high-speed cameras to capture the motion of a galloping horse. Through his experiments, he successfully debunked the long-believed theory that a horse’s legs are fully extended during the “landing” phase of each stride. Muybridge’s groundbreaking motion studies not only contributed to the field of photography but also influenced the art of animation, paving the way for the development of motion pictures as we know them today.

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