Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Lacrosse)
1939

A black and white photo capturing a high-speed X-ray image of a flying bird, with its wings fully extended and a sequence of light spots trailing behind it, suggesting motion or a scientific analysis of its flight path.
A black and white photo capturing a high-speed X-ray image of a flying bird, with its wings fully extended and a sequence of light spots trailing behind it, suggesting motion or a scientific analysis of its flight path.

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Date
1939

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm) Image: 7 5/8 × 9 3/4in. (19.4 × 24.8 cm)

Accession number
96.117.51

Edition
Vintage

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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