A woman sitting naked on a chair and smoking. Collotype

A man walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man with epilepsy, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A man in a t-shirt but no trousers, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man with motor neuron disease, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man with locomotor ataxia, walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Men engaged in various activities: walking, jumping, digging, throwing spears, stretching; sequences. Photographs.

A man dressed in white, running; sequences. Photograph.

Two men dressed in white, wrestling, sequences. Photograph.

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The horse in motion : as shown by instantaneous photography, with a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera, in which is demonstrated the theory of quadrupedal locomotion / by J.D.B. Stillman. Executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford.

The horse in motion : as shown by instantaneous photography, with a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera, in which is demonstrated the theory of quadrupedal locomotion / by J.D.B. Stillman ; executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford.

A naked man stands, turning the handle on a crank in a circular motion. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man throws a ball in the air with his left hand, raises the tennis racquet held in his right, hits the ball with a downward motion then raises the racquet. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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The horse in motion : as shown by instantaneous photography, with a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera, in which is demonstrated the theory of quadrupedal locomotion / by J.D.B. Stillman. Executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford.

The horse in motion : as shown by instantaneous photography, with a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera, in which is demonstrated the theory of quadrupedal locomotion / by J.D.B. Stillman ; executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford.

A woman sitting naked on a chair and smoking. Collotype

A naked man stands, turning the handle on a crank in a circular motion. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man throws a ball in the air with his left hand, raises the tennis racquet held in his right, hits the ball with a downward motion then raises the racquet. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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The horse in motion : as shown by instantaneous photography, with a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera, in which is demonstrated the theory of quadrupedal locomotion / by J.D.B. Stillman. Executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford.

The horse in motion : as shown by instantaneous photography, with a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera, in which is demonstrated the theory of quadrupedal locomotion / by J.D.B. Stillman ; executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford.

A woman sitting naked on a chair and smoking. Collotype

A naked man stands, turning the handle on a crank in a circular motion. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man throws a ball in the air with his left hand, raises the tennis racquet held in his right, hits the ball with a downward motion then raises the racquet. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.