Plate Number 355. On guard, walking and turning around 1887

Eadweard Muybridge's "Plate Number 355. On guard, walking and turning around" (1887) is a photographic sequence that captures the motion of a man walking and turning around while holding a staff. This is a classic example of Muybridge's groundbreaking work in photographic studies of motion. The series of images, arranged in three rows, illustrate the subtle shifts in the man's posture and the movement of his limbs as he walks. These photographic studies of movement paved the way for the development of cinema.