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Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

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Eadweard Muybridge was a pioneering photographer of the late 19th century who is best known for his series of photographs depicting animal and human locomotion. This groundbreaking work captured the movements of various animals and humans in motion, using a series of cameras placed along a track to capture the movement frame by frame. This technique allowed Muybridge to produce images of locomotion that had never been seen before.

Muybridge's animal and human locomotion series consisted of over 100,000 photographs, including horses, cows, and other domestic animals, as well as wild animals such as lions and tigers. Additionally, he captured images of both men and women performing various activities such as walking, running, and jumping. These images were captured using the stop-motion photography technique, which involves taking a series of still photographs at regular intervals and then animating them to create the illusion of movement.

This series was a major breakthrough in the study of movement and anatomy. Prior to this work, scientists and artists relied on drawings and paintings to depict locomotion, which often lacked accuracy and detail. Muybridge's photographs, on the other hand, provided a detailed and accurate representation of animal and human movement, allowing scientists to study the biomechanics of locomotion in greater detail.