© Estate of Harold Edgerton
Currently not on view
Bullet through Banana,
1964, printed 1985
Harold Eugene Edgerton, 1903–1990; born Freemont, NE; died Cambridge, MA; active Cambridge, MA
x1987-20.6
Working within the tradition of stop-motion photography, Edgerton used high-speed photography to capture phenomena that would otherwise have escaped perception. An MIT professor, an inventor, and a businessman, Edgerton claimed that his lifework was driven by the insights and questions surrounding "the experience of seeing the unseen." This image comes from a series capturing the exact moment a bullet pierces a piece of fruit, just before the fruit disintegrates—an instant too brief to be seen by the naked eye.
Information
Title
Bullet through Banana
Dates
1964, printed 1985
Maker
Medium
Dye imbibition print
Dimensions
image: 36.1 x 41 cm (14 3/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
sheet: 40.8 x 51 cm (16 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James P. Harrington, Class of 1947
Object Number
x1987-20.6
Place Made
North America, United States
Inscription
In ink, below image: Harold Edgerton
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