Valley of Totonicápan, 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
2000.105.15
Tags
Art Historical Context
### Valley of Totonicap, Guatemala Eadard Muybridge's *Valley of Totonicap, Guatemala* (1875, published 187) captures a sweeping bird's-eye view of the lush Guatemalan highlands, where rugged mountains frame a winding road snaking through the verdant valley below. This photoprint from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, showcases Muybridge's early mastery of landscape photography, long before his fame for pioneering motion studies like the galloping horse. In 1875, British-born photographer Muybridge embarked on an expedition through Central America, documenting remote regions ...
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...