Harold Edgerton

Gus Solomons
1960, printed 1976–1980

A black and white photograph captures a person standing with arms outstretched, creating a blurred motion effect that resembles multiple arms fanning out like wings. The background is dark, emphasizing the figure and the striking motion effect.

A black and white photograph captures a person standing with arms outstretched, creating a blurred motion effect that resembles multiple arms fanning out like wings. The background is dark, emphasizing the figure and the striking motion effect.

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Date
1960, printed 1976–1980

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm) Image: 17 1/2 × 14 1/16in. (44.5 × 35.7 cm)

Accession number
96.125.9

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.

API
artworks/10924

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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