Harold Edgerton

A Serve
c. 1940

Black and white photograph capturing a motion blur of a spinning amusement park ride at night, with light trails creating circular patterns against a dark background.
Black and white photograph capturing a motion blur of a spinning amusement park ride at night, with light trails creating circular patterns against a dark background.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm) Image: 7 3/4 × 9 1/2in. (19.7 × 24.1 cm)

Accession number
96.117.87

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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