He adopted the name eadweard muybridge believing it to be the original anglo saxon form of his name he emigrated to the united states as a young ma eadweard james muybridge edwrd maibrid 9 april 1830 8 may 1904 birth name edward james muggeridge was an english photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and early work in motion . Animals in motion paperback the dry plates most spectacular early use was by eadweard muybridge lifea really marvelous series of plates. Animals in motion the dry plates most spectacular early use was by eadweard muybridge lifea really marvelous series of plates nature. In 1878 and 1879 muybridge shot photographic sequences of animals in motion at the palo alto race track in california in1881 he puplished a selection of the