Moments captured - Robert J Seidman

Frustrated by his inability to harness the frenetic energy of a country on the brink of change, photographer Eadweard Muybridge determines to pioneer a technology that will allow cameras to catch reality down to its most fleeting moments. But it isnt until he falls in love with Holly Hughes, a daring young dancer determined to bring womens rights to the forefront of American politics, that his desire to improve the instrument finds its animating reason: to catch Hollys beauty in motion. Inexorably, she becomes his obsession leading to a love affair that is threatened by a rivals desire for Muybridges technological expertise.