Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation... of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume VII, Men and Woman (Draped) Miscellaneous Subjects 1880s

Eadweard Muybridge's "Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation... of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume VII, Men and Woman (Draped) Miscellaneous Subjects," a series of photographs from the 1880s, captures the sequential motion of a man walking. This image, plate 49, was part of Muybridge's groundbreaking work, which used a series of cameras to capture motion in a way never seen before. The work was revolutionary in its time, paving the way for the development of cinema and motion pictures. The photographic series is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.