Harold Edgerton

The Great Dome
c. 1950

A nighttime aerial view of a cityscape with illuminated buildings and streets adjacent to a dark body of water, with the bright lights reflecting off the water's surface. The city is backed by hills dotted with lights, suggesting a densely populated area.

A nighttime aerial view of a cityscape with illuminated buildings and streets adjacent to a dark body of water, with the bright lights reflecting off the water's surface. The city is backed by hills dotted with lights, suggesting a densely populated area.

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Date
c. 1950

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11in. (21.9 × 27.9 cm) Image: 8 1/8 × 10 5/8in. (20.6 × 27 cm)

Accession number
96.117.68

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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