The Photographer
Philip Glass's three-part mixed-media work examines the life and 1874 trial of photographer Eadweard Muybridge. The first part is a play with incidental music about Muybridge's killing of Harry Larkyns and the trial; the second pairs a violin solo with a slideshow of Muybridge's photographs; the final part brings the characters back for a dance. The source material includes trial transcripts and Muybridge's letters.