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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Harold Eugene Edgerton (778 results)
Stop motion prints of milk drop coronet , 1930–1939

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Stop motion prints of milk drop coronet , 1930–1939

Sale Date: May 22, 2007

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Milk drop coronet, 1957

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Milk drop coronet, 1957

Sale Date: March 10, 2007

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Bullet through apple, 1964

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Bullet through apple, 1964

Sale Date: March 10, 2007

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Pole-vaulter, 1964

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Pole-vaulter, 1964

Sale Date: March 13, 2007

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Milk drop coronet (+ 30 cal. through soap; 2 , 1957

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Milk drop coronet (+ 30 cal. through soap; 2 , 1957

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Pete Desjardin driving (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1940

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Pete Desjardin driving (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1940

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Death of a light bulb (+ Fan and smoke,..., 1936

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Death of a light bulb (+ Fan and smoke,..., 1936

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Hammer breaks glass plate (+ Water from , 1932–1933

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Hammer breaks glass plate (+ Water from , 1932–1933

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Ballons and bullets, 1959

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Ballons and bullets, 1959

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Pigeon released, 1965

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Pigeon released, 1965

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Pole Vaulter, David Tork, 1964

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Pole Vaulter, David Tork, 1964

Sale Date: December 7, 2006

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Milk drop, coronet, 1957

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Milk drop, coronet, 1957

Sale Date: December 7, 2006

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Tennis player, 1939

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Tennis player, 1939

Sale Date: November 30, 2006

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Ruby throated hummingbirds, Holderness, N.H., 1936

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Ruby throated hummingbirds, Holderness, N.H., 1936

Sale Date: November 14, 2006

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Baton-Drum majorette, 1953

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Baton-Drum majorette, 1953

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Diver, 1958

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Diver, 1958

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Foil salute, 1960–1969

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Foil salute, 1960–1969

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Gonzales forehand multiflash, 1960–1969

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Gonzales forehand multiflash, 1960–1969

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Football kick, 1943

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Football kick, 1943

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Densmore shute bends the shaft (+ 6..., 1930–1939

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Densmore shute bends the shaft (+ 6..., 1930–1939

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Solar eclipse (+ 2 others; 3 works) (incl...., 1973

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Solar eclipse (+ 2 others; 3 works) (incl...., 1973

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Bullet piercing bar of Ivory soap, 1964

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Bullet piercing bar of Ivory soap, 1964

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Wes Fesler's football kick, 1934

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Wes Fesler's football kick, 1934

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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A girl and her horse (from Seeing the unseen), 1941

Harold Eugene Edgerton

A girl and her horse (from Seeing the unseen), 1941

Sale Date: September 26, 2006

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