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Plate Number 68. Running

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a sequence of black and white frames capturing a person running. The frames show different stages of the running motion in both side and frontal views. Each frame freezes a moment in time, depicting the movement of limbs and body. The background is plain, emphasizing the motion of the subject. The style is reminiscent of early motion studies in photography.

Artwork Details

Date
1887
Medium
collotype
Dimensions
4783 × 1407 px
Public Domain
Yes
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