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Jockey on a Galloping Horse

Jockey on a Galloping Horse
In Jockey on a Galloping Horse English-American photographer Edweard Muybridge captured the actual logistics of a horse in motion for the first time. This and similar series photographs were published in Animal Locomotion in 1887. The works are considered forerunners of motion pictures.
Stapleton Collection/Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York
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Photography, History of; Horse; Muybridge, Eadweard; Motion Picture
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