Harold Edgerton

Tumblers
c. 1942, printed 1976–80

A black and white photograph capturing a long exposure of a dancer's movement, creating a blurred, ghost-like effect with multiple silhouettes of the dancer's body in various positions stacked vertically. The dancer appears to be in mid-twirl, with arms and legs extended, against a dark background with a light wooden floor.

A black and white photograph capturing a long exposure of a dancer's movement, creating a blurred, ghost-like effect with multiple silhouettes of the dancer's body in various positions stacked vertically. The dancer appears to be in mid-twirl, with arms and legs extended, against a dark background with a light wooden floor.

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Date
c. 1942, printed 1976–80

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm) Image: 17 9/16 × 13 15/16in. (44.6 × 35.4 cm)

Accession number
96.125.7

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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