Plate Number 284. Baseball, catching and throwing 1887

Eadweard Muybridge's "Plate Number 284. Baseball, catching and throwing," a photo from his famous series "Animal Locomotion," captures the precise movements of a man playing baseball in 1887. The image consists of a grid of twelve individual photographs that, when viewed in sequence, create an illusion of motion, a groundbreaking technique at the time. Muybridge's work is considered a pivotal moment in the development of both photography and cinema, illustrating the intricate mechanics of human movement.