Acapulco
Eadweard J. Muybridge
American, born England. 1830–1904
1875
A travel photograph printed as an albumen silver print in which Eadweard Muybridge records the coastal town of Acapulco, aiming to capture its landscape and atmosphere with clear, measured realism.
The image arrests you with a calm, mirror-like bay set between rough foreground boulders and a distant shoreline where a white church and low buildings sit beneath a series of soft, receding mountain ridges.
This work shows Muybridge’s mastery of exposure, composition, and the albumen process, illustrating how 19th‑century photography transformed travel documentation into both scientific record and aesthetic experience, paving the way for modern photographic practice.
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
5 3/8 × 9 1/8" (13.7 × 23.2 cm)
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Credit
Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Accession
182.1964.116
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