Harold Edgerton

Swirls and Eddies
1939

A black and white photograph capturing a motion blur of a person, likely in the midst of a dynamic movement or dance. The image is abstract, with multiple overlapping silhouettes of the person's limbs and body parts creating a sense of rapid motion or vibration. The background is dark, emphasizing the ghostly white traces of the figure's movement.

A black and white photograph capturing a motion blur of a person, likely in the midst of a dynamic movement or dance. The image is abstract, with multiple overlapping silhouettes of the person's limbs and body parts creating a sense of rapid motion or vibration. The background is dark, emphasizing the ghostly white traces of the figure's movement.

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Date
1939

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 10 1/4in. (20.2 × 26 cm) Image: 7 5/8 × 10 1/8in. (19.4 × 25.7 cm)

Accession number
96.117.88

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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artworks/10889

Exhibitions

Flash: Photographs by Harold Edgerton from the Whitney's Collection

Mar 30–July 15, 2018

Harold Edgerton
122 works in the collection

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