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Harold Eugene Edgerton — Football Kick - Wesley E. Fesler
Harold Eugene Edgerton

Football Kick - Wesley E. Fesler

A pioneering work by Harold Eugene Edgerton, this gelatin silver print captures the dynamic motion of a football kick by Wesley E. Fesler through Edgerton's revolutionary stroboscopic photography technique. The multiple-exposure image freezes successive moments of the kick in a single frame, revealing the fluid arc of movement invisible to the naked eye. This later print exemplifies Edgerton's mastery in transforming scientific innovation into visually striking art, bridging the worlds of technology and aesthetic beauty.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.

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Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago - Online Only

December 22, 2014

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Harold Eugene Edgerton, Football Kick - Wesley E. Fesler

A pioneering work by Harold Eugene Edgerton, this gelatin silver print captures the dynamic motion of a football kick by Wesley E. Fesler through Edgerton's revolutionary stroboscopic photography technique. The multiple-exposure image freezes successive moments of the kick in a single frame, revealing the fluid arc of movement invisible to the naked eye. This later print exemplifies Edgerton's mastery in transforming scientific innovation into visually striking art, bridging the worlds of technology and aesthetic beauty.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Bold, Action, Documentary, American, Photograph, Gelatin Silver Print, Sports, Modern, Black and White

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