Critical Thinking Questions

1. Both of these images clearly show motion to the viewer. In one, many photos are used, in the other a very slow exposure shows the motion. Both works show a person or animal moving, an the photos show how the subjects use their legs to move. The images capture bodies in motion, and they are both in black and white.

2. These works show motion in different ways. The image by Muybriodge uses a series of shots to freeze the motion. This work shows motion in a similiar way as a flip book or motion-picture. The photograph taken by Ellot Elisofon shows motion in a different way. This photo was taken with a slow exposure. This way the subject is blurred and the viewer can tell the man is moving. The blur at the top of the stairs is more intense showing the man was moving faster that when he was at the bottom of the stairs.

3. The work done by Muybridge was a scientific study done to answer the question of how horses run. He used a series of cameras placed on a race track to show that all of a horse's feet leave the groung when it runs. The photograph by Elisofon is a more artistic work that imitates his painting "Nude Decsending a Staircase."

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