Animal Locomotion, Plate 758
Medium
Collotype, from "Animal Locomotion"
Dimensions
Image: 20.5 × 36.8 cm (8 1/8 × 14 1/2 in.); Paper: 48.4 × 61.4 cm (19 1/16 × 24 3/16 in.)
Classification
photograph
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
195560
Art Historical Context
Step into the pioneering world of motion capture with *Animal Locomotion, Plate 758* by Eadweard Muy, created in 1887. This collotype print, part of his monumental 11-volume portfolio *Animal Locomotion*, features a sequence of photographs that freeze the fluidity of movement in exquisite detail. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's and Media department, the image measures 20.5 × 368 cm, printed on larger 48.4 × 61.4 cm paper, allowing viewers to pore over every nuanced gesture. Muybridge, a British-American photographer, revolutionized visual science in the late 19th century through chro...
About the Artist
Eadweard Muybridge · 1830–1904
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was an English-American photographer who revolutionized the understanding of motion through his pioneering chronophotographic studies. Born Edward James Muggeridge in Kingston upon Thames, England, he emigrated to America and became famous first for his dramatic landscape photographs of Yosemite Valley, then for his groundbreaking motion studies that proved horses li...