Echoing the rhythm of reflection that often accompanies thinking of someone from afar, Marey’s chronophotograph reveals a bird’s flight as a delicate sequence of movements suspended across shadow. Each blurred wingbeat suggests the persistent connection that bridges distance and memory. This image captures the haunting elegance of motion held in time - a single bird rendered in ghostly sequence as it takes flight through the night. There’s comfort in this repetition, a silent rhythm that mirrors the cycle of thought, memory, and the longing that links one soul to another.

Currently held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art Courtesy of the Gilman Collection, Purchase, Denise and Andrew Saul Gift.