Harold Edgerton

Diver Pete DesJardin

1940

A diver captured in multiple exposures twisting and entering the water with a splash.
A diver captured in multiple exposures twisting and entering the water with a splash.

Harold Edgerton, Diver Pete DesJardin, 1940. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 23 7/8 × 20 in. (60.6 × 50.8 cm) Image: 22 1/8 × 16 1/8 in. (56.2 × 41 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation 96.117.30. © 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.

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Date
1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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

Accession number
96.117.30

Edition
23/25

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.

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