Eadweard Muybridge, whose early
experiments in photographing rapid action are landmarks in the history of photography,
was born at Kingston-on- Thames, England,
in 1830. Coming to the United States
in 1852, he was subsequently commissioned by the government to take pictures of
the Pacific Coast. His work met with little notice
until 1867, when a series of his photographs of Yosemite
were exhibited abroad and brought him a medal.