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Harold Edgerton

1930s · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

Edgerton's 1932 invention of the stroboscopic or electronic flash quickly effected a revolution in photography by enabling artists to work in locations and under conditions that had never before been possible. Although he himself was a scientist, Edgerton's achievement with the camera secured his place as much in the history of photography as in science.

Artist

Harold Edgerton

Date

1930s

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, 1997