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Harold Edgerton
Dynamite Cap Explodescirca 1956

Not on view
High-contrast black and white photograph of a dense mass of fine tendrils backlit by a pale halo, with a single spike at center and a starburst of light in the lower frame
Artist or Maker
Harold Edgerton
Title
Dynamite Cap Explodes
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1956
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (24.13 × 19.53 cm) Primary support: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.64 cm) Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.18 × 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.20
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.