Harold Edgerton

Ouch! (Archery)
1934, printed 1976–80

A black and white photograph of a man in a short-sleeved shirt and trousers aiming a bow and arrow to the right, with the arrow in mid-flight. The background is completely black, highlighting the archer and his equipment.

A black and white photograph of a man in a short-sleeved shirt and trousers aiming a bow and arrow to the right, with the arrow in mid-flight. The background is completely black, highlighting the archer and his equipment.

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Date
1934, printed 1976–80

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Image: 14 1/4 × 18 3/8in. (36.2 × 46.7 cm)

Accession number
96.125.4

Series
Ten Photographs

Edition
Ed. 20

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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