Forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton

photographer:
Harold Eugene Edgerton

Forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Multiflash photograph of a back dive in the MIT pool, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, taken by Harold Edgerton, 1941. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Multiflash photograph of a back dive in the MIT pool

1941
Gelatin silver Stonehenge illuminated with a 5000 watt-second electronic flash lamp from a Boston, A-20 aircraft (1500 feet altitude) while training for D-Day, by Harold Edgerton, 1944. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Stonehenge illuminated with a 5000 watt-second electronic flash lamp....

1944
Gelatin silver photograph King of Hearts playing card cut by a 30 caliber bullet, exposure less than a millionth of a second, taken by Harold Edgerton, 1960. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

King of Hearts playing card cut by a .30 caliber bullet....

1960
Gelatin silver photograph a small atomic explosion in Nevada, photographed with a Faraday magneto-optic shutter by Harold Edgerton, c 1950. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

A small atomic explosion in Nevada....

circa 1950
Gelatin silver photograph of the Impact of .22 caliber bullets on a steel plate, taken by Harold Edgerton, c 1950. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Impact of .22 caliber bullets on a steel plate

circa 1950
Gelatin silver photograph of three balloons broken by a .22 caliber bullet, c 1950. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Three balloons broken by a .22 caliber bullet

circa 1950
Multiflash photograph of the bounce of a golf ball, by Harold Edgerton 1951. Photographed at 60 flashes per second, capturing the full trajectory of the bouncing golf ball. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Multiflash photograph of the bounce of a golf ball

1951
Multiflash photograph of a tennis serve by Gussie Moran, taken at 60 flashes per second, by Harold Edgerton. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Multiflash photograph of a tennis serve by Gussie Moran

A gelatin silver multiflash photograph of dancer Gus Soloman by Harold Edgerton, 1960. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Multiflash Photograph of Dancer Gus Soloman

1960
Multiflash photograph of a golf club impact, by Harold Edgerton, c. 1950. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Multiflash of a golf club impact at 1000 flashes per second....

1950-1960
Multiflash photograph of Peter Des Jardin diving into the MIT pool, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, by Harold Edgerton, 1941, capturing the full range of movement as the diver does a backflip off the diving board. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Multiflash photograph of Peter Des Jardin diving into MIT pool

1941
Gelatin silver photograph of the flight of a baton at 60 flashes per second, by Harold Edgerton, 1953. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Flight of a Baton

1953
Gelatin silver multiflash photograph of a man twirling an Indian club, photograph by Harold Edgerton, c 1950. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Indian club multiflash

circa 1950
Gelatin silver multiflash photograph of the snap of a whip, 120 flashes per second, photograph by Harold Edgerton, c 1950. Chalk dust on the whip's tip shows where the action has happened. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

The snap of a whip, 120 flashes per second....

circa 1950
Gelatin silver photograph of lamp bulbs broken by a .30 caliber bullet (2800 feet per second) by Harold Edgerton, c 1950. Notice that the bulbs cracks on the opposite side of the glass before the bullet arrives due to high velocity waves in the glass. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Lamp bulbs broken by a .30 caliber bullet

circa 1950
Multflash photograph of a golfer's swing, by Harold Edgerton, 1944. The photograph was taken at the rate of 120 flash per second, capturing the trajectory of the golf ball and the tee. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Multiflash photograph of a golfer's swing

1972
Multiflash photograph of a fencing salute, by Harold Edgerton, c .1950. The fencer was washed out from the amount of flash used to capture the motion. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Multiflash photograph of a fencing salute

1950-1960
Gelatin silver photograph of shotgun pellets, exposure less than a microsecond, taken by Harold Edgerton, c 1950. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Shotgun pellets

circa 1950
Gelatin silver photograph of an ancient revolver in action, taken by Harold Edgerton, c 1950. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

An ancient revolver in action

circa 1950
Gelatin silver photograph of smoke passing through the blades of an electric fan, taken by Harold Edgerton, c 1950. A vortex forms at the tip of each blade. The fan revolves at 2500 rpm. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Smoke passing through the blades of an electric fan....

circa 1950
Gelatin silver photograph Golfer Dennis Shute, multiflash (100 per second rate), taken by Harold Edgerton, 1938. One of forty six black and white high speed photographs by Harold Edgerton.

Golfer, multiflash (100 per second rate) photograph of Dennis Shute

1938
Black and white photograph entitled 'Anna's Hummingbird, Los Angeles, California, 1947' by Harold Edgerton. Gelatin Silver print.

Anna's Hummingbird, Los Angeles, California, 1947

1947

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Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1978-152
type:
photograph
credit:
Edgerton, Harold Eugene

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