Plate Number 303. Picking up a ball and throwing it

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a sequence depicting motion capture. The full-description reveals a series of black-and-white images arranged in two rows, illustrating the progression of a figure performing an action involving bending down, picking up an object, and proceeding to throw it. The sequence captures different stages of this motion against a backdrop of vertical lines. Light and shadow are utilized to highlight the form and motion in each frame, creating a cohesive narrative of physical activity across the series of images.