Plate Number 193. Dancing (fancy) 1887

Eadweard Muybridge's "Plate Number 193. Dancing (fancy)" from 1887 is a photographic study of human motion. Composed of 30 sequential images, the work captures a woman in a white dress as she performs a graceful dance. Muybridge's groundbreaking use of multiple cameras allowed him to freeze time and dissect movement, pioneering the field of chronophotography and influencing the development of motion pictures. This work demonstrates Muybridge's fascination with capturing the nuances of human and animal locomotion, making him a key figure in the history of photography and the evolving understanding of movement.