Out of the Box, 1971, William Wegman

Wegman, whose Weimaraner dogs appeared in Sesame Street, was influenced by Muybridge. This photo is part of a series charting his dog getting into, onto and out of a box.

 Lolcats might be a very modern fixation, but humans have been photographing animals ever since we invented the camera. From Eadweard Muybridge’s galloping horses to the wild dogs of present-day South Africa, the animal world offers an endless source of fascination.