Environs of City of Guatemala
1875, published 1877
Medium
Photography-Photoprint
Classification
Photography-Photoprint
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Accession Number
1997.105.21
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Art Historical Context
### Environs of City of Captured in 1875 and published two years later, *Environs of City of Guatemala* a striking bird's-eye view photograph by Eadwe Muybridge, the pioneering British-American photographer renowned for his innovative work in capturing motion and expansive landscapes. This photoprint offers a sweeping vista of the rural outskirts surrounding Guatemala City, highlighting farms and open terrain that blend natural beauty with early agricultural life. Muybridge's journey to Central America during this period allowed him to document remote regions with remarkable clarity, providin...
About the Artist
Eadweard Muybridge · 1830–1904
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was an English-American photographer who revolutionized the understanding of motion through his pioneering chronophotographic studies. Born Edward James Muggeridge in Kingston upon Thames, England, he emigrated to America and became famous first for his dramatic landscape photographs of Yosemite Valley, then for his groundbreaking motion studies that proved horses li...