Eadweard Muybridge: Human and Animal Locomotion

Muybridge’s ambitious photographic project aimed to represent human and animal motion rendered across time, and from various angles. Produced between 1884 and 1887, the series has influenced generations of artists, and inspired scientific and photographic innovation, including motion picture technology.

Sepia toned photograph with a grid of 16 panels showing two men in loin cloths boxing.
Sepia toned photograph with a grid of 12 panels showing a nude man riding a horse.
Sepia toned photograph with a grid of 22 panels showing a man in a loin cloth running and picking up a baseball.
Sepia toned photograph with a grid of 36 panels showing a nude woman crawling; 12 panels are in profile, 12 panels are head on, and 12 panels are from behind.
Two rows of small black and white photographs of a nude man lifting a dumbell from the ground and holding it over his head.
Sepia toned photograph with a grid of 12 panels showing an ox walking in profile, and another 12 showing an ox walking head on.
Three rows of small black and white photographs of a nude man hopping on his foot.
Sepia toned photograph with a grid of 30 panels showing a topless woman arising from the ground with a newspaper in her left hand; atypically, the sequence reads right to left.