Plate Number 387. Farmer, using a long-handled shovel

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a series of photographs showing someone using a shovel. The images are arranged in a grid format, capturing the motion of shoveling. Each frame depicts a person moving through the action of shoveling. The background remains the same in all frames. The images focus on studying movement and human kinetics. The tones are neutral and there is sharp contrast, highlighting form and action over the environment.