Harold Edgerton

A 22 Long Rifle Bullet Penetrating a Piece of Rubber
c. 1940

A high-contrast black and white photograph capturing the moment a .22 long rifle bullet is penetrating a piece of rubber, with the bullet frozen in motion and debris scattered around the impact site. The image includes a caption at the bottom that reads "A 22 LONG RIFLE BULLET PENETRATING A PIECE OF RUBBER."
A high-contrast black and white photograph capturing the moment a .22 long rifle bullet is penetrating a piece of rubber, with the bullet frozen in motion and debris scattered around the impact site. The image includes a caption at the bottom that reads "A 22 LONG RIFLE BULLET PENETRATING A PIECE OF RUBBER."

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11in. (21.9 × 27.9 cm) Image: 7 3/8 × 9in. (18.7 × 22.9 cm)

Accession number
96.117.18

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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