Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Pole Vaulting)
1963

A black and white photograph capturing a dynamic moment at a circus or performance, showing multiple acrobats in mid-air performing pole vaults over a high bar. The audience is visible in the background, watching the spectacle. The motion blur and the composition of the image convey a sense of action and excitement.
A black and white photograph capturing a dynamic moment at a circus or performance, showing multiple acrobats in mid-air performing pole vaults over a high bar. The audience is visible in the background, watching the spectacle. The motion blur and the composition of the image convey a sense of action and excitement.

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Date
1963

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8in. (25.6 × 20.6 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 7 11/16in. (24.1 × 19.5 cm)

Accession number
96.117.76

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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