Friday, 3 March 2006

"Swimming Hole' - Thomas Eakins




Eakins' 1884 'Swimming Hole,' strangely similar to the then new stroboscopic photography of people in motion that Eakins was also playing with at the time -- witness for example 'Double Jump' of 1885 (scroll down the page a little to find it).

TAGS: Art

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