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Harold Eugene Edgerton — Tumbling Tee
Harold Eugene Edgerton

Tumbling Tee

Harold Eugene Edgerton's *Tumbling Tee* is a striking gelatin silver print that captures the invisible choreography of motion through his pioneering use of stroboscopic photography. The image freezes multiple sequential positions of a tumbling golf tee in a single frame, revealing the graceful arc and rotation imperceptible to the naked eye. Edgerton's mastery of high-speed flash technology transforms a fleeting, mundane moment into a visually poetic study of time, physics, and movement.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s.

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Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

November 18, 2014

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Harold Eugene Edgerton, Tumbling Tee

Harold Eugene Edgerton's *Tumbling Tee* is a striking gelatin silver print that captures the invisible choreography of motion through his pioneering use of stroboscopic photography. The image freezes multiple sequential positions of a tumbling golf tee in a single frame, revealing the graceful arc and rotation imperceptible to the naked eye. Edgerton's mastery of high-speed flash technology transforms a fleeting, mundane moment into a visually poetic study of time, physics, and movement.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Photography, Dynamic, Action, American, High-Speed, Gelatin Silver Print, Scientific, Sports, Modern, Black and White

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