Plate Number 80. Ascending an incline with a 20-lb. basket on head

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a series of photographs of a woman in motion, walking or stepping while holding a basket on her head. Her body is shown entirely in each frame as she progresses from one position to the next. She is balancing the basket with one or both hands at different stages. She has short hair and is not wearing any clothing. The background has a vertically aligned pattern, possibly a corrugated texture or a wooden fence-like structure.