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In the nineteenth century, American photographers rush on Niagara Falls in the East, and on the Yosemite in the West. Two photographers operating in San Francisco are known for their extremely careful prints. They will have very different fates. Eadweard Muybridge became illustrious for his photographic analysis of motion. He is considered a major precursor of the cinema. Carleton Watkins, a lit…