Woman dancing (fancy): Plate 187 from “Animal locomotion”

Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904)

Item type:

photographic object

Date of creation:

1884-1886

Height:

18.4 cm  (7 1/4 in.)

Width:

42.5 cm  (16 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

collotype

Place of creation:

Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

Description

Twelve photographic images show a sequence of images depicting a female figure dancing, wearing and holding a flowing dress.

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

The technique employed by the photographer is one that he used extensively in a series of works, “Animal Locomotion”. The technique utilises stop-motion photography to give the impression of movement within a stills medium.

RIdIM record id

5086