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Graphic Novel Biography of Eadweard Muybridge

The life and work of photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge is the subject of a new graphic novel called Muybridge by Guy Delisle.

a page of the Muybridge graphic novel

a page of the Muybridge graphic novel

Sacramento, California, 1870. Pioneer photographer Eadweard Muybridge becomes entangled in railroad robber baron Leland Stanford’s delusions of grandeur. Tasked with proving Stanford’s belief that a horse’s hooves do not touch the ground while galloping at full speed, Muybridge gets to work with his camera. In doing so, he inadvertently creates one of the single most important technological advancements of our ageโ€”the invention of time-lapse photography and the mechanical ability to capture motion.

You can find Muybridge at Drawn & Quarterly, Amazon, or Bookshop.

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Charles Matthew Chen

Can vouch; itโ€™s great.

Matt Bucher

Big fan of anything Guy Delisle does. All his books are great.

Dirk Bergstrom

That's going right on to my list of books to buy and stack up on the end table and guiltily look at for several months until I sheepishly move them into the bookshelf in the other room where I won't have to see them as often and feel as bad.

Jason KottkeMOD

This is the way.

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