Known as The White Friars, this photograph taken in Italy in 1894 is an early example of stop-movement photography made by Annan with a hand-held camera.

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Today, a photo of Italian monks walking down the street caught mid-stride would be unremarkable indeed. But in 1894, the “White Friars” taken by Scottish photographer James Craig Annan was considered groundbreaking. An example of stop-movement photography captured by a hand camera. Annan additionally made the copper photogravure plate printed by Charles Wittmann for the Photo Club of Paris 1896 exhibition portfolio.