San Francisco, California: Muybridge, Father Of Cinema Statue
Bronze sculpture of photography pioneer Eadweard James Muybridge depicts him with a Zoetrope. Muybridge lived in San Francisco in the 1850s and '60s. Statue by Lawrence Noble.
- Address:
- Dewitt Rd., San Francisco, CA
- Directions:
- Letterman Digital Arts Center, in the Presidio, behind the buildings along Dewitt Rd.Nearby parking is private.
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A stern looking Eadweard James Muybridge stands behind his zoetrope peering at the Lucas Films offices.
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English-born Muybridge lived in San Francisco in 1855-1860, and came back in 1867, photographing the American west in places like Yosemite. His zoetrope-animated studies of horses in motion were shot at Stanford.