Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Shock waves from dynamite cap)
c. 1956

Three sequential black and white photographs of a bullet passing through a target, with each photo capturing a different stage of the bullet's impact and the resulting puff of material at the point of entry. The images are mounted on a white background.
Three sequential black and white photographs of a bullet passing through a target, with each photo capturing a different stage of the bullet's impact and the resulting puff of material at the point of entry. The images are mounted on a white background.

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Date
c. 1956

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm) Image: 8 13/16 × 4 1/4in. (22.4 × 10.8 cm)

Accession number
96.117.80

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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