Harold Edgerton

Shock Waves Revealed
1970

A black and white photograph depicting an abstract composition with a dark, elongated shape at the top right corner, casting a wavy, lace-like shadow on a light background with diagonal lines converging towards the shape. The image is framed with a white border.
A black and white photograph depicting an abstract composition with a dark, elongated shape at the top right corner, casting a wavy, lace-like shadow on a light background with diagonal lines converging towards the shape. The image is framed with a white border.

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Date
1970

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm) Image: 9 7/8 × 9 7/8in. (25.1 × 25.1 cm)

Accession number
96.117.12

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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