23. Harold "Doc" Edgerton
Pigeon Release, Multiflash, 1965, 1965/1984
Dye Transfer Print, 16 x 20 inches
AP, Signed verso
Courtesy of Gus and Arlette Kayafas
Matting and Framing donated by
Palm Press, Inc.
Retail Value: $5,000

An electrical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harold “Doc” Edgerton (1903 – 1990) was a pioneer in the use of high speed electronic flash in the 1940s and a devoted scientist and educator. His most well known images include those of a bullet passing through an apple and milk droplets. The exposure was effected by the EG&G MicroFlash; designed by Edgerton, it was an air-spark unit with incredibly short duration and very similar to the earliest 1850s "flash" equipment. Edgerton's photographs aesthetically and philosophically transcend their subjects and are now held by museums worldwide.

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