Plate Number 28. Walking and carrying a 50-lb. dumbbell in right hand

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a sequence of frames capturing motion. The image displays two rows of photographic frames showing the side and rear views of an unclothed masculine figure holding spherical objects while walking, with each frame offering a moment of this locomotion. The background is gridded. Each frame in the sequence seems to capture a slightly different stage of the act of walking. The sequence collectively creates a study of motion and form.