Explore how photographers across time have represented the dynamism of the human body and its many forms.

Drawn primarily from the collections of the Center for Creative Photography and Phoenix Art Museum, Muscle memory: lens on the body showcases a wide range of historical and contemporary works that explore the ways photographers have represented the human figure and bodily experiences of movement, aging, disability, and more.

Featured works demonstrate how artists have grappled with physicality, dimension, beauty, form, and the politics of the body in the landscape and urban environment. Subjects are presented in the context of growing older, sports, and abstraction, offering audiences the opportunity to consider the body’s ability to morph and bear traces of lived experiences.