What is so special about Eadweard Muybridge's series of images?

What makes the images of British-American photographer Eadweard Muybridge so compelling are the technological innovations and techniques he developed that enabled him to capture the world in motion before the advent of motion pictures. He reduced exposure times to allow him to capture sequences of motion into sets of images that gave the world its first look at stages of motions, which contributed to the studies of anatomy and zoology. On 1stDibs, find authentic Eadweard Muybridge pieces from some of the world's top sellers.