Harold Edgerton

Untitled (M.I.T. at night - aerial view)

c. 1950

Aerial view of a square government complex with a central domed building beside a waterfront.

Aerial view of a square government complex with a central domed building beside a waterfront.

Not on view

Date
c. 1950

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm) Image: 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (36.8 × 36.8 cm)

Accession number
96.117.67

Edition
3/10

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

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

API
artworks/10868

Part of a series:
Untitled
102 works

Row of metal nozzles releasing a diagonal trail of falling water droplets against a dark background.

Bullet piercing a thin membrane, leaving curved shock lines and a trailing cloud.

A bullet pierces a soap bubble on a vertical stand, spraying droplets to the right.

A series of overlapping exposures showing an owl flapping and gliding through the air.

A bullet slices through a king playing card, sending paper fragments and dust into the air.

King of diamonds playing card being shot through by a speeding bullet, tearing the card apart.

Acrobats perform multiple airborne somersaults over a trampoline in front of a seated audience.

Multiple trapeze artists perform mid-air flips above a crowded circus audience.

A troupe of acrobats in yellow costumes performing aerial flips and forming a human tower above the ring.

Several athletes perform pole vaulting and flips over poles in front of a seated audience.

Exhibitions

Overhead/Underfoot: The Topographical Perspective in Photography

July 1–Sept 25, 2005

Harold Edgerton
122 works in the collection, 6 exhibitions

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