Plate Number 56. Walking, turning and stooping to lift train 1887

"Plate Number 56. Walking, turning and stooping to lift train" (1887) by Eadweard Muybridge is a classic example of his photographic studies of motion. This sequential image captures a woman in a flowing dress performing a series of actions, from walking to bending down. Muybridge's pioneering work in motion photography had a profound impact on the development of cinema and our understanding of human movement. His detailed, multi-frame images, known as "chronophotography", were crucial in advancing the study of animal and human locomotion.