Eadweard Muybridge was a famous performance artist. He was born in 1830 at Kingston upon Thames near London. His most interesting creation in my opinion, is the Horse In Motion:

Produced in 1886, this photograph consisted of 16 still images all constructed together in a typology grid of 4 by 4. At that time, the way in which objects moved was still being discovered. Muybridge’s motion images helped to educate people on exactly how these movements worked.

Eadweard was hired by the professional photographer that he worked for, to take pictures of horses. Stanford, the University that hired him had some speculation about the racehorse’s at the time and most people betted on a statement. It was that ‘all four of a racehorse’ hooves are off the ground simultaneously’. It was Muybridge’s job to prove this, which he certainly did, as shown in the top row of the image above.

Since at the time, the camera equipment was less advanced, he found it very difficult to produce photographs without blur. Two years later he gained some experience, whilst abroad and came back with something quite special. He set up a row of cameras but this time using tripwires. Geniusly, they would take a picture in the split second the speedy horses went past.

Mood board of his work: