Plate Number 523. A: Striking a blow. B, E: Throwing disk. C, F: Heaving a 75-lb. stone. D: Throwing a ball

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This photograph displays a series of sequential images of a figure involved in an athletic pose with a ball. The grid pattern features rows of small black-and-white photographs capturing different moments in the movement sequence. The images show the figure going through an athletic routine with the ball from various angles. The lighting accentuates the form in motion, emphasizing its fluidity and strength.