MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard James
MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard James (1830-1904), English photographer born Edward James Muggeridge, who multiple times changed his name, ending up with the spelling of his first name as the archaic "Eadweard" and his last name "Muybridge." He emigrated to America as a bookseller, first to New York and then to San Francisco. After a return to England, he took up professional photography. He went back to San Francisco in 1867, and in 1868 his large photographs of Yosemite Valley made him world famous. After Yosemite he photographed a series of lighthouses along the California coast.
In 1874, Muybridge killed his wife's lover and was aquitted in a jury trial on the gounds of justifiable homicide. He was the last man in California exhonorated for a murder he admitted committing.
The Weird World of Eadward Muybridge
Muybridge photographed on the Farallon Islands in the early 1870s, creating at least 31 commercially available stereoviews.
- Eadweard Muybridge Farallones Photos
#990.
South Farallon Island. Oil House, Derrick and Landing Cove
Fisherman's Bay.
Edward J. Muybridge, San Francisco
#998.
South Farallon Island. The Murr Bridge, 113 feet high, and rookeries of the Murr.
Edward J. Muybridge, 1870s
#998. Verso of The Murr Bridge, c. 1870.
Edward J. Muybridge, San Francisco
#1002.
South Farallon Island. The Low Arch. c. 1870.
Edward J. Muybridge, San Francisco
#1016.
South Farallon Island. Gathering the Eggs of the Murr. 1870s
Edward J. Muybridge, Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco
South Farallon Island. Gathering the Eggs of the Murr. 1870s
Edward J. Muybridge, Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco
#1021.
South Farallon Island. Breaker Cove. c. 1870.
Edward J. Muybridge, San Francisco
#1035.
South Farallon Island Light House, 1st order revolving light,
360 feet above the sea. 1870s
Edward J. Muybridge
South Farallon Island Light House, 1st order revolving light,
360 feet above the sea. 1870s
Edward J. Muybridge, Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco
South Farallon Island Light House, 1870s
Edward Muybridge (1830-1904)
South Farallon Island Light House and Landing, 1870s
From the left, The Ramparts, Funnel Rock, Hole in the Wall, Pyramid, Sugar Loaf, Oil House and Landing Cove
Edward Muybridge (1830-1904)
