Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Backdive and observer)
c. 1940

A black and white photograph capturing a surreal scene with a large, sunburst-like sculpture suspended in the air on the left, and a blurred figure of a person standing on the edge of a diving board on the right, inside an indoor swimming pool setting. The contrast between the stillness of the sculpture and the motion blur of the person adds a dynamic element to the image.
A black and white photograph capturing a surreal scene with a large, sunburst-like sculpture suspended in the air on the left, and a blurred figure of a person standing on the edge of a diving board on the right, inside an indoor swimming pool setting. The contrast between the stillness of the sculpture and the motion blur of the person adds a dynamic element to the image.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm) Image: 8 11/16 × 11 9/16in. (22.1 × 29.4 cm)

Accession number
96.117.3

Edition
Ed. 10

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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