Sequence of still images representing movement

Sequence of still images representing movement

Image. Twenty black-and-white photos, arranged from left to right, top to bottom, in a five-by-four grid show a horse and rider jumping over a hurdle. Each photo shows a slightly different position for the horse and rider. Source Archives Charmet / The Bridgeman Art Library.

In 1887, Eadweard Muybridge created the first photographic representation of a sequence of movement.

Source: The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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