Is the rider in the 19th-century photographic experiments really unknown, as Jordan Peele’s film implies? It’s complicated. By Ben Kenigsberg Near the beginning of “Nope,” Emerald (Keke Palmer), who ...

The movie 'Nope' features a clip of a Black jockey on a galloping horse. Eadweard Muybridge, an English photographer, sought to capture horses and other animals in motion. His photos offer a glimpse ...

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