Harold Edgerton

A Serve
c. 1940

A black and white photograph capturing a long exposure of a spinning carnival ride at night, creating light trails that give a sense of motion against the dark background.

A black and white photograph capturing a long exposure of a spinning carnival ride at night, creating light trails that give a sense of motion against the dark background.

Not on view

Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/8 × 23 7/8in. (51.1 × 60.6 cm) Image: 17 13/16 × 22 1/16in. (45.2 × 56 cm)

Accession number
96.117.7

Edition
2/3

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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