Drop of Milk

1930s

Not on view

Using a stroboscopic flash to achieve exposures as fast as 1/100,000 of a second, Edgerton revealed aspects of motion and of the structure of the world not visible to the naked eye in real time.

Artwork Details

Title: Drop of Milk
Artist: Harold Edgerton (American, 1903–1990)
Date: 1930s
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 20.0 x 25.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
Object Number: 1987.1100.304
Rights and Reproduction: © MIT, Harold Edgerton, 2014, courtesy of Palm Press, Inc.
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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