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Harold Edgerton
Künstlername: Harold Edgerton
bevorzugtes Medium: Fotografie
Geburtsjahr: 1903
Nationalität: US
Wohnort: Cambridge

Reports zu Harold Edgerton:

Professional Report von Harold Edgerton

Harold Edgerton - Profile

Harold Edgerton was a professor of electrical engineering at MIT and the inventor of the strobe light, which allowed him to literally freeze objects in the frame of the photograph. His inventive works captured the effects of motion, the human form and phenomena too fast for the human eye to perceive. With Edgerton's photography it was possible, for the first time, to see a remarkable range of objects in motion: the exact moment a bullet pierces through a playing card, the infinitesimal positions of a swinging gold club, the smooth motion of gymnasts tumbling or the rapid swings of a lacrosse player. Edgerton, commonly known as "Doc", produced a body of work that had a significant influence on major photographers of the 20th century, including André Kertész. Throughout his life Edgerton invented and patented many scientific discoveries, donating the proceeds of all his discoveries to charity. He lived off his salary as a professor at MIT, where he was active until his death in 1990. (Corkin Gallery, Toronto)

wichtigste Ausstellungen von Harold Edgerton

Ausstellung Veranstalter Stadt Land Datum
10,000 Lives Gwangju Biennale Gwangju KR 03.09.2010
Von Henri Cartier-Bresson bis Charlotte March C/O Berlin Berlin DE 12.10.2005
Overhead / Underfoot - The Topographical Perspective in Photography Whitney Museum of American Art New York US 01.07.2005
Why Look at Animals? George Eastman House Rochester US 01.07.2006
The Quick and the Dead Walker Art Center Minneapolis US 24.04.2009
Große Sprünge Suermondt Ludwig Museum Aachen DE 17.08.2006
Best of - Blick in die Sammlung Photographische Sammlung Köln SK Stiftung Kultur Köln DE 27.02.2004

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Harold Edgerton

Galerien, die
Harold Edgerton vertreten:

Corkin Gallery

Sammlungen, in denen
Harold Edgerton vertreten ist:

Center for Creative Photography
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA
Middlebury College Museum of Art
MIT List Visual Arts Center
MoCP- The Museum of Contemporary Photography
Photographische Sammlung Köln SK Stiftung Kultur