English-born Muybridge's innovative work in capturing motion through a series of photographs was a milestone on the road to motion pictures. He's featured in our Points of View virtual exhibition.
Speaking will be Brian Clegg, author of a recent biography of Muybridge. You'll also be able to see animations of Muybridge's photographic sequences made by Marek Pytel. Muybridge himself was not a filmmaker, but his work seems to magically capture the point at which still photography 'wills itself into motion' - in the words of my colleague Luke McKernan.
Book now to hear this astounding story. Oh, and Muybridge got off with 'justifiable homocide'.