Movement through excercising

For my personal/body photographs I decided to focus on the body movement of individuals demonstrated by athletic activities. Due to the wide variety of athletic/workout activities there are, I was fascinated by the different ways in which humans maneuver there body to accomplish the activity. There is a lot more to movement, like detail and steps, then we realize from an outside view of just watching someone do an activity. Photographs though can capture these features in such a unique way.

The connection between the pictures is all the different types of exercises out there for humans to stay involved and fit. Specifically photographed were the sports soccer and badminton along with the exercises of yoga and weight lifting. Each collage has a total of 16 photographs in sequence of the activity/exercise that allows for depiction on specific body parts. The flow between each body part is different, for example the arm and leg work against each other to stabilize the body while also performing separate actions. I choose to do these 4 athletic/exercise activities because I am not only involved in doing these on a regular basis but also because it explores the archetype that only athletes or fit people can do these movements. Instead, it doesn’t matter what size, ethnicity or gender you are. Everyone is capable of exercise in some sort; therefore, no one should be using excuses but rather take control and care of themselves.    

Edward Muybridge was the artist that influenced me to do this movement photography of the body. Muybridge, an English photographer, focused on capturing snapshots of animal locomotion or the movement of naked human bodies. Like the photographs I took, Muybridge did a collage of motion that would analyze a distinct difference between the one previous or next in the series. However, he would use multiple cameras that would sometimes be triggered by a string due to the camera not being as updated as now.