Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in motion photography and landscapes. He began his career as a publisher's agent and bookseller before becoming successful in photography, focusing on landscapes and architecture. In 1879, Muybridge invented the zoopraxiscope, an early device for displaying motion pictures that projected images in rapid succession from rotating glass disks to give the impression of motion.

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• Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer
known for his work with landscapes, panorama and
motion photography. Muybridge started a career as a
publisher's agent for the London Printing and
Publishing Company, and as a bookseller. Muybridge
rapidly became successful in photography, focusing
principally on landscape and architectural subjects, as
did other prominent men, when the West was the land
of imagination. In 1879, Muybridge invented the
zoopraxiscope. The zoopraxiscope is an early device for
displaying motion pictures. It projected images from
rotating glass disks in rapid succession to give the
impression of motion.

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