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

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.

The golf ball rotates 70 times per second and in order to capture the golf club hitting the golf ball, Edgerton used 1000 flashes per second.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1978-152/10
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 275 mm x 347 mm
type:
gelatin silver prints
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford