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Muybridge's Stagecoach Accident

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While traveling to the East Coast in 1860, Muybridge was in a stagecoach accident and received serious head injuries. Apparently this left him suffering from double vision and confusion, there was a noticeable difference noticed in his behavior by those close to him. Modern neurologists examining the medical records speculate that the injury to his frontal cortex might have led to the emotionally erratic and eccentric behavior in his life. Apparently it was at this time, that his surgeon suggested, he take up photography. It can be argued that in pursuing his need to understand all aspects of human movement, his scientific side, he chose models that were nude, seminude, or draped in a gauzy fabric as well as deformities and other birth defects.
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