Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Jenny Tuckey forehand)
c. 1940

A black and white photograph capturing the motion of a bird in flight, with the wings creating a blurred, circular pattern due to the long exposure. The bird appears to be mid-flap, with its body slightly obscured by the motion blur. A small, round object is also captured in motion to the right of the bird. The background is dark, providing high contrast to the bird's lighter feathers and the motion trails.

A black and white photograph capturing the motion of a bird in flight, with the wings creating a blurred, circular pattern due to the long exposure. The bird appears to be mid-flap, with its body slightly obscured by the motion blur. A small, round object is also captured in motion to the right of the bird. The background is dark, providing high contrast to the bird's lighter feathers and the motion trails.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16in. (40.3 × 50.3 cm) Image: 14 1/4 × 18 9/16in. (36.2 × 47.2 cm)

Accession number
96.117.48

Edition
4/10

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/10849

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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