Harold E. Edgerton
Pole Vault

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Artist Harold E. Edgerton (American, 1903–1990)American, 1903–1990

CultureAmerican

Titles

Pole Vault

Datec. 1964

PlaceUnited States

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 7 3/16 in. (24.6 × 18.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 in. (26.7 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Foundation

Object number96.860

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionAn MIT professor of electrical engineering, Harold Edgerton transformed the stroboscope from a laboratory instrument into a common photographic device. About 1964, Edgerton photographed David Tork, a competitor in a major track-and-field meet held at the Boston Garden. To capture successive stages of Tork’s vault, Edgerton used a manually triggered flash synchronized with a special shutter that opened for each flash and then closed immediately to eliminate bright ambient light.
ProvenanceHarold and Esther Edgerton Foundation, Boston; given to MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top left corner in pencil "10409"

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