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Harold Edgerton

American, b, 1903

Bullet Through Balloons

1959
gelatin silver print



See materials from the MOPA library

Moments of Vision: The Stroboscopic Revolution in Photography (1979)
Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton (1987)
Artist File
Photographers, Writers, and the American Scene: Visions of Passage, by James Enyeart (2002)

Find out more on the web

Harold Edgerton Digital Collection

Download MOPA resources

Exploring The Art and Science of Photography K-12 Curriculum

Funding for this project was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a donation from PhotoWings.

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