Harold Edgerton

Diver Pete DesJardin
1940

A black and white photograph capturing the motion of a diver in multiple stages of a dive, from the edge of a diving board to the splash upon entering the water, creating a ghostly trail of images against a dark indoor pool background.

A black and white photograph capturing the motion of a diver in multiple stages of a dive, from the edge of a diving board to the splash upon entering the water, creating a ghostly trail of images against a dark indoor pool background.

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Date
1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 7/8 × 20in. (60.6 × 50.8 cm) Image: 22 1/8 × 16 1/8in. (56.2 × 41 cm)

Accession number
96.117.30

Edition
23/25

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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