Project 3 Research Assignment

Eadweard J. Muybridge

Eadweard J. Muybridge. Woman Dancing (Fancy): Plate 187 from Animal  Locomotion (1887). 1884-86 | MoMA
Woman Dancing (Fancy): Plate 197 from Animal Locomotion (1887), 1884 – 1886

A sequential photograph series of Miss Kate Larrigan. Muybridge was specific about who modeled in his photographs and Larrigan was one of the few models who had a “requisite graceful bearing” fit for his works.

William Wegman

William Wegman. Before, On, After Permutations I. 1972 | MoMA
Before, On, After Permutations I, 1972

A seven-part piece, in which the viewer’s own learning curve is also tested. The photographs capture his dog, Man Ray learning commands. The piece explores different arrangements of geometric shapes that correspond to positions before, on, or behind a wooden box.