[H]arold Edgerton was one of the great pioneers of American photography. As both an engineer and photographer, Edgerton developed a form of flash photography in the 1930s that enabled him to capture images moving faster than the eye can see – hence his iconic image of a speeding bullet destroying a playing card.
Despite his reluctance to be described as an artist, Edgerton’s work showed an aesthetic sensibility alongside his technical brilliance, resulting in image that were progressive both in their method and composition. A great selection of his work, images taken from the 1930s through to the 1960s, are currently on display at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art. All of the works on show are from the museum’s permanent collection.
See a selection of images from the show below and follow The Whitney here.
