Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Baton Multiflash)
c. 1953

A black and white photograph featuring a long exposure of a dandelion seed head with seeds being blown away, creating a dynamic, streaked effect against a dark background.
A black and white photograph featuring a long exposure of a dandelion seed head with seeds being blown away, creating a dynamic, streaked effect against a dark background.

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Date
c. 1953

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 7/8 × 20 1/16in. (60.6 × 51 cm) Image: 20 3/4 × 17 5/8in. (52.7 × 44.8 cm)

Accession number
96.117.6

Edition
17/25

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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