Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Airplane wing)
c. 1940

Black and white photo of a vintage airplane in flight, captured from above with a stark contrast between the bright aircraft and the dark background. The image has a grainy texture, indicative of older photographic technology.
Black and white photo of a vintage airplane in flight, captured from above with a stark contrast between the bright aircraft and the dark background. The image has a grainy texture, indicative of older photographic technology.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 4 × 5in. (10.2 × 12.7 cm) Image: 3 × 4 9/16in. (7.6 × 11.6 cm)

Accession number
96.117.2

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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