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Anna's Hummingbird, Los Angeles, California, 1947

1947

Silver print by Spencer Rowell 'Archer on Rock', October 1986

Archer on Rock

1986-10

Photograph of bullet piercing a soap bubble filled with helium. By Harold Edgerton. Gelatin Silver print. 0.1 m/s exposure. The shock wave is also visible.

Photograph of bullet through soap bubble, filled with helium.

circa 1970

Black-and-white photograph of bullet passing through three balloons. Taken by Harold Edgerton, 1959. Gelatin Silver print.

Photograph of bullet passing through three balloons

1959

Enlargement print of high speed photograph of gunshot. By Harold Edgerton. Gelatin Silver print.

High speed photograph of gunshot

circa 1950

Enlargement print of high speed photograph entitled 'Fan and Smoke Vortices', by Harold Edgerton. Photograph displayed at the Royal Photographic Society in London in 1934. Gelatin Silver print.

Fan and smoke vortices

1934

Enlargement print of high speed photograph entitled '.30 caliber bullet through bar of soap, by Harold Edgerton. Gelatin Silver print.

.30 caliber bullet through bar of soap

circa 1950

Black-and-white silhouette photograph of tracks in a hydrogen gas bubble chamber left by moving particles. Taken by Harold Edgerton for MIT, 1967. Gelatin Silver print.

Silhouette photograph of tracks in a bubble chamber

1967

'Moving skip rope' Enlargement print of multiflash photograph of woman skipping, fired 30 times per second. By Harold Edgerton, 1952. Gelatin Silver print.

Moving skip rope

1952

Black and white photograph entitled 'A Black Chinned Hummingbird, Los Angeles, California, 1947' by Harold Edgerton. Gelatin Silver print.

A Black Chinned Hummingbird, Los Angeles, California, 1947

1947

Silhouette, multiflash photograph of dynamite cap explosion. 0.1 m/s exposure. Taken by Harold Edgerton, 1958. Gelatin Silver print.

Silhouette photograph, dynamite cap explosion

1958

Silver gelatin print entitled 'An eight week human foetus rests in an adult's palm', by Dr Afzal Ansary FRPS, 1987.

An eight week human foetus rests in an adult's palm

1987

An untitled black and white silver gelatin photograph taken by Daniel Meadows depicting three boys standing next to some lockers and in front of a sign reading 'Gentleman's Changing Rooms'. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Butlins By the Sea', shown 4 November - 24 December 1972.

Untitled

circa 1970