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The Berthauds eagerly taught Muybridge the tricks of the young trade, from cameras to lenses to developing.
As Helios, he was a wandering artisan, first renowned for hislandscape photographs.
This combination of artistic skill and technical ingenuity brought Muybridge to the attention of Leland Stanford.
But cameras and film stock were still barely faster than the human eye.
So he began orchestrating series of multiple cameras and shutters, creatingextensivephotosetscapturing barely distinct movements ofhumansandanimals.
It was, it can be argued, the first exhibition of a motion picture.
They had heard about the horse pictures, about Muybridges trick of capturing time.
They knew about the crime.
In 1871, Muybridge had married Flora Downs, 21 years his junior.
His frequent travels left his young wife feeling abandoned; she began seeing a young newspaperman named Harry Larkyns.
2 revolver to a cottage at the Yellow Jacket Mine, where Larkyns was employed.
According to witnesses, Muybridge then apologized to the others in the cottage for the disturbance.
And they did, acquitting Muybridge on all charges.
