Harold Edgerton

Dennie Shute
1938

A black and white photograph capturing a stroboscopic image of a golf club mid-swing, showing multiple positions of the club and ball in a single frame, creating a pattern of curved lines and arcs against a dark background.
A black and white photograph capturing a stroboscopic image of a golf club mid-swing, showing multiple positions of the club and ball in a single frame, creating a pattern of curved lines and arcs against a dark background.

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Date
1938

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Image: 14 3/4 × 15 7/8in. (37.5 × 40.3 cm) Mount (board): 24 × 19 7/8in. (61 × 50.5 cm)

Accession number
96.117.27

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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