Harold Eugene Edgerton

(American, 1903–1990)

Harold Eugene Edgerton was an American electrical engineer and photographer. His invention of a repeatable electronic flash allowed for the photography of split-second events, such as a bursting balloon or a bullet passing through an apple. “Don’t make me out to be an artist. I am an engineer. I am after the facts, only the facts,” he once said of himself. Born on April 6, 1903 in Fremont, NE, he studied electrical engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and later earned a Doctor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1931. While at MIT, Edgerton began experimenting with strobes in an effort to advance their technological utility. Edgerton studied alongside fellow photographer and engineer Gjon Mili, who shared his interest in photography. Technology that Edgerton helped pioneer was used to capture atomic explosions and by the undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau. He retired from his position as professor emeritus in 1968, but continued working in the MIT Stroboscope Light Laboratory and teaching a freshman course in photography. Notably, in 1973, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. Edgerton died on January 4, 1990 in Cambridge, MA. Today, the photographer’s works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.

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Bullet Through Banana, 1964

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Bullet Through Banana, 1964

Sale Date: May 18, 2012

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Tennis, Forehand Drive, Jenny Tuckey and Two , 1938

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Tennis, Forehand Drive, Jenny Tuckey and Two , 1938

Sale Date: May 1, 2012

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Milkdrop splash, 1957

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Milkdrop splash, 1957

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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Wes Fesler's kick (+ another, smllr; 2 works), 1934

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Wes Fesler's kick (+ another, smllr; 2 works), 1934

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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Golf drive By Densmore Shute, 1938

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Golf drive By Densmore Shute, 1938

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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Motion studies of a milk drop (8 works), 1930–1939

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Motion studies of a milk drop (8 works), 1930–1939

Sale Date: February 28, 2012

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Milk-drop

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Milk-drop

Sale Date: February 3, 2012

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Pigeon in flight, 1965

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Pigeon in flight, 1965

Sale Date: February 3, 2012

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Bullet through Plexiglas, 1962

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Bullet through Plexiglas, 1962

Sale Date: February 3, 2012

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Football kick, 1938

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Football kick, 1938

Sale Date: February 3, 2012

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Watertap

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Watertap

Sale Date: February 3, 2012

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Jack of diamonds, 30 caliber bullet, 1960

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Jack of diamonds, 30 caliber bullet, 1960

Sale Date: December 13, 2011

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Whip snaps, 2000 flashes/second, 1960

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Whip snaps, 2000 flashes/second, 1960

Sale Date: December 12, 2011

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Densmore Shute bends the shaft, 1938

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Densmore Shute bends the shaft, 1938

Sale Date: December 12, 2011

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Densmore Shute bends the shaft, 1938

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Densmore Shute bends the shaft, 1938

Sale Date: December 12, 2011

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Bobby Jones makes shock stick to golf, March, 1938

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Bobby Jones makes shock stick to golf, March, 1938

Sale Date: December 12, 2011

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Rex Trailer cracking a bull-whip

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Rex Trailer cracking a bull-whip

Sale Date: December 12, 2011

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Bullet through apple, 1964

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Bullet through apple, 1964

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Ten dye transfer photographs (portfolio , 1938–1973

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Ten dye transfer photographs (portfolio , 1938–1973

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Supersonic candlelight, 1973

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Supersonic candlelight, 1973

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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King of hearts, 1960

Harold Eugene Edgerton

King of hearts, 1960

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Blood flow in the conjunctiva of man, 1960

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Blood flow in the conjunctiva of man, 1960

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Bullet cutting a standing wire, 1955–1959

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Bullet cutting a standing wire, 1955–1959

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Rising dove, 1934

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Rising dove, 1934

Sale Date: November 23, 2011

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