Harold Edgerton

.30 Bullet Piercing an Apple
1964, printed 1984–90

A high-speed photograph capturing the moment a bullet passes through an apple, which is mounted on a pedestal against a blue background. The bullet is entering from the left, with a visible white puff of impact, and apple fragments are explosively ejecting to the right.
A high-speed photograph capturing the moment a bullet passes through an apple, which is mounted on a pedestal against a blue background. The bullet is entering from the left, with a visible white puff of impact, and apple fragments are explosively ejecting to the right.

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Date
1964, printed 1984–90

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye transfer print

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 15/16in. (40.5 × 50.6 cm) Image: 14 1/16 × 18 1/16in. (35.7 × 45.9 cm)

Accession number
96.126.7

Series
Ten Dye Transfer Photographs

Edition
109/150 | 26 APs, 30 SE sets

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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