
Seeing the Unseen: Twelve Photographs
"Seeing the Unseen: Twelve Photographs" represents Harold Edgerton's pioneering work in high speed photography, capturing moments invisible to the naked eye through innovative stroboscopic lighting techniques. This deluxe portfolio edition of 60 copies plus artist's proofs presents twelve gelatin silver prints, each individually signed and numbered in pencil on the verso, housed in a luxurious black leatherette clamshell case with silver embossed lettering that befits the collection's scientific and artistic significance. Edgerton's revolutionary ability to freeze fractional moments in time transformed photography into a tool for revealing the hidden mechanics of motion, from splashing liquids to moving machinery.
- Medium
- Each signed and numbered 17/60 in pencil on the verso. Enclosed in a black leatherette clamshell portfolio with embossed silver text. Number 17 from an edition of 60 plus 10 artist's proofs.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
April 2, 2025
Lot 86
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