Movement/Motion

Here is a photographic illusion of movement. Much like the photo of the horse in motion the photographer uses multiple exposers to capture a girl playing jump rope. We can tell that she is moving in this photo because as we read the image (much like text) we scroll from left to right and see the slow but fluid progression of her action. Legs are in motion, arms are swinging, the rope is flailed around, her skirt and shirt shifts, and together these cues help our minds place the multiple exposers together and see not just a single still photo but the act of a childhood movement.

Here we see an photograph of a dog in motion. The cues that lead me to believe this are the fallowing; the dog appears to be lifted off the ground, also the dogs hair appears to be lifted into space. Here the photographer specifically incorporates a horizon line to create the perception that the dog is in fact lifted off the ground. We can even see a small amount of shadows from the dogs feet which creates the illusion of lift. Therefore sense the only other way this animal could be lifted off the ground would be if an unseen element is holding the dog off the ground. Also the fur of the dog appears to be in motion. The dogs fur is heavy and therefore gravity would pull the dreaded fur down along the contour of the animal. However, sense the dog is lifted off the ground the dog appears to be in mid leap, lifting the fur as the animal falls back to earth. The only other way to get this same effect would be in a zero gravity environment. (sense I don't really expect this to be the case) I believe the dog to be in motion running towards our lovely photographer.