Harold Edgerton

Cutting the Card Quickly
1964

A black and white photograph capturing a high-speed bullet in mid-flight as it passes through a playing card, specifically the King of Hearts, which is visibly torn by the impact. The card is mounted on a stand, and the bullet is on the right side of the image, with a blurred shadow visible in the background. The moment of impact is frozen in time, showing debris and fragments scattering from the point of entry.
A black and white photograph capturing a high-speed bullet in mid-flight as it passes through a playing card, specifically the King of Hearts, which is visibly torn by the impact. The card is mounted on a stand, and the bullet is on the right side of the image, with a blurred shadow visible in the background. The moment of impact is frozen in time, showing debris and fragments scattering from the point of entry.

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Date
1964

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11in. (21.9 × 27.9 cm) Image: 7 1/2 × 9 9/16in. (19.1 × 24.3 cm)

Accession number
96.117.17

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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