Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Milk Drop 3)
c. 1935

A high-contrast black and white photograph capturing a single drop impact on a liquid surface, creating a smooth, symmetrical splash with a central peak, all contained within a circular vessel. The image is framed with a white border.

A high-contrast black and white photograph capturing a single drop impact on a liquid surface, creating a smooth, symmetrical splash with a central peak, all contained within a circular vessel. The image is framed with a white border.

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Date
c. 1935

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm) Image: 10 5/8 × 8in. (27 × 20.3 cm)

Accession number
96.117.62

Series
Drop Falling into Cup of Milk

Edition
Ed. 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.

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Harold Edgerton
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