Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Bullet emerging from pistol)
c. 1940

A black and white photograph capturing a moment of action where a hand is holding a transparent water gun, with a burst of water vapor shooting out to the right, creating a dynamic and dramatic effect against the dark background.
A black and white photograph capturing a moment of action where a hand is holding a transparent water gun, with a burst of water vapor shooting out to the right, creating a dynamic and dramatic effect against the dark background.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Image: 13 5/8 × 17 9/16in. (34.6 × 44.6 cm)

Accession number
96.117.9

Edition
3/10

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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