Plate Number 192. Dancing (fancy)

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a sequence of movement studies. The image consists of a series of black-and-white frames arranged in a grid, each depicting a fluid and graceful movement. The subject is draped in a flowing garment, accentuating the motion. The background features a simple grid pattern. This method was commonly used in the late 19th to early 20th century to study human movement through photography.