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Harold Edgerton
Baton multiflash1952, printed later

Not on view
Black and white stroboscopic photograph of a hand releasing cotton swabs, captured in multiple exposures showing the swabs arcing upward in radiating starburst patterns against a black background
Artist or Maker
Harold Edgerton
Title
Baton multiflash
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1952, printed later
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 17 3/8 × 14 9/16 in. (44.13 × 36.99 cm) Primary support: 19 7/8 × 16 1/16 in. (50.48 × 40.8 cm) Mat: 26 × 22 in. (66.04 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.43
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.