Cemetery, Guatemala
Eadweard J. Muybridge
American, born England. 1830–1904
1875
An albumen silver print photograph by Eadweard Muybridge that records a Guatemalan cemetery, aiming to document its built forms and the quiet human presence within a striking linear perspective.
A long, paved aisle between wall vaults and monumental white tombs pulls the eye to a distant vanishing point, where a lone standing figure and seated person sit beneath silhouetted crosses and a soft, open sky.
Made during Muybridge’s Central American travels, this image shows 19th-century photography expanding beyond portraiture into documentary, architectural, and ethnographic study, helping to establish photography as a tool for both visual exploration and scientific observation.
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
5 3/8 × 9 3/8" (13.6 × 23.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Accession
182.1964.55
Palette
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