Harbor of Corinto, Nicaragua
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
1997.105.15
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling Harbor of Corinto, Nicaragua captured in 1875 by pioneering photographer Eadweardbridge and published in 1877. This photoprint vividly depicts a lively coastal scene: rowboats bobbing alongside a steamer, clusters of figures animating the shore, and the expansive harbor stretching toward the horizon. Muybridge, best known for his groundbreaking motion studies later in the decade, here showcases his mastery of landscape photography during an exploratory journey through Central America. In the post-Civil War era,bridge's travels documented emerging trade routes and exotic...
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...