Eadweard Muybridge Animal Locomotion T-Shirt

"Animal Locomotion, Plate 758" was created by Eadweard Muybridge, an English photographer active in the United States from 1830 to 1904. The artwork was made in 1887 and showcases Muybridge's pioneering technique of "instantaneous photography" to freeze time and capture motion. For this sequence, he set up 24 cameras connected by a clockwork mechanism that triggered the shutters at rhythmic intervals. Muybridge originally developed this method to study and clarify the movement of horses, ultimately proving that all four hooves leave the ground mid-gallop, resolving a contentious debate of the time. The print features a cockatoo in flight and was originally published in "Animal Locomotion," a portfolio containing 781 separate series created by Muybridge under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. This project stood at the intersection of art and science, highlighting the groundbreaking nature of Muybridge's work in capturing motion through photography.