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

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.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1978-152/16
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 347 mm x 275 mm
type:
photograph and gelatin silver print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford