Falls of the Oroyo Delia--Las Nubes, 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 Mitchell and Nancy Steir
Accession Number
2000.105.17
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the majestic *Falls of the O Delia--Las Nubes Guatemala* (1875, published 1877), a stunning photoprint by pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge.uring the thundering cascade amid Guatemala's dense, misty forests—evoking "Las Nubes or "The Clouds"—this transports viewers to the wild beauty of Central America's highlands. Muybridge's keen eye for dramatic natural landscapes renders the waterfalls' power and the surrounding foliage with remarkable clarity, inviting awe at nature's untamed splendor. Created during Muybridge's 1875 expedition for the Union Pacific Railroad, this work ex...
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...