Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Bullet hitting object)
c. 1940

A black and white abstract photograph showing a burst of light on the left side with a series of blurred, ghost-like shapes trailing to the right, against a dark background, suggesting motion or a time-lapse effect. The image is framed with a white border.
A black and white abstract photograph showing a burst of light on the left side with a series of blurred, ghost-like shapes trailing to the right, against a dark background, suggesting motion or a time-lapse effect. The image is framed with a white border.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 × 7in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm) Image: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8in. (11.7 × 16.8 cm)

Accession number
96.117.11

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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