Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Acrobats - Moscow Circus)
1963

A black and white photograph capturing a sequence of a gymnast performing a flip on a trampoline, with multiple exposure effects showing different stages of the movement. The audience in the background appears as a dark, blurry mass, watching the performance in an indoor arena.
A black and white photograph capturing a sequence of a gymnast performing a flip on a trampoline, with multiple exposure effects showing different stages of the movement. The audience in the background appears as a dark, blurry mass, watching the performance in an indoor arena.

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Date
1963

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/8in. (20.6 × 25.7 cm) Image: 7 5/8 × 9 3/4in. (19.4 × 24.8 cm)

Accession number
96.117.1

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.

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Harold Edgerton
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