What process did Muybridge learn during his recovery in England?
Daguerreotype
Wet-plate collodion
Dry-plate process
Cyanotype
Answer
While recovering from a stagecoach accident in England, Muybridge learned the wet-plate collodion process. This photographic technique was widely used in the 1850s and 1860s and involved coating a glass plate with a light-sensitive solution, which was then exposed to light to create a negative image.
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