Harold Edgerton

A Simple Salute
1938

A high-contrast black and white image featuring the silhouette of a person with light streaks emanating from the left hand, creating a dynamic visual effect against a dark background. The figure appears to be in motion, captured in a moment of activity with the light trails suggesting movement.

A high-contrast black and white image featuring the silhouette of a person with light streaks emanating from the left hand, creating a dynamic visual effect against a dark background. The figure appears to be in motion, captured in a moment of activity with the light trails suggesting movement.

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Date
1938

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 × 15 7/8in. (50.8 × 40.3 cm) Image: 17 3/8 × 14 1/16in. (44.1 × 35.7 cm)

Accession number
96.117.34

Edition
3/10

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.

API
artworks/10835

Exhibitions

Flash: Photographs by Harold Edgerton from the Whitney's Collection

Mar 30–July 15, 2018

Harold Edgerton
122 works in the collection

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