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Harold Edgerton: Seeing the Unseen
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This book will appeal to readers interested in the intersection of science, art, and technology, as well as fans of innovative photography and photographic history.
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Harold Edgerton was an engineer, educator, explorer, entrepreneur, as well as a revolutionary photographer—in the words of his former student and Life photographer Gjon Mili, "an American original." Edgerton's photos combine exceptional engineering talent with aesthetic sensibility, and this book presents more than 100 of his most exemplary works.
Seeing the Unseen contains iconic photos from the beloved milk drops and bullets slicing through fruit and cards, to less well known but equally compelling images of sea creatures and sports figures in action. Paired with excerpts from Edgerton's laboratory notebooks, the book reveals the full range of his technical virtuosity and his enthusiasm for the natural and human-built worlds.
Essays by Edgerton students and collaborators J. Kim Vandiver and Gus Kayafas explore his approach to photography, engineering and education, while MIT Museum curators Gary Van Zante and Deborah Douglas examine his significance to the history of photography, technology, and modern culture.
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Reviewers commend this volume for offering a comprehensive view of Edgerton's photographic ingenuity and legacy. Peter Essick of Undark praises its broad perspective on the photographer's skill, while Karen Rosenberg of 1stdibs notes the consistent admiration from art and photography communities for the striking beauty and modernity of Edgerton’s images.
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ISBN: 9783958293083
Publisher: Steidl Publishers
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 08 August 2019
Country: Germany
Imprint: Steidl Verlag
Illustration: 115 Illustrations, black and white; 43 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 225.0mm
Height: 285.0mm
Weight: 1460g
Pages: 208
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About the Author
As Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903-90) simply said: "I am an electrical engineer and I work with strobe lights and circuits and make useful things." Born and raised in Nebraska, the longtime Massachusetts Institute of Technology electrical engineering professor pioneered the transformation of the strobe from an obscure nineteenth- century invention into a key technology of the twentieth century.
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