Harold Edgerton | American, 1903 - 1990
Dr. Edgerton perfected the stroboscope in 1931, over the next several decades he employed this device to photograph a wide spectrum of motion studies. In addition to their scientific value, Edgerton's stop-motion and Multiple images are widely admired for their intrinsic beauty. Beaumont Newhall wrote of the, "revelation of what the unaided eye cannot see but which has ever existed; as more powerful tools for observation are built, more worlds of form are revealed". Books on Edgerton include Moments of Vision: The Stroboscopic Revolution in Photography and Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton.
Dr. Edgerton perfected the stroboscope in 1931, over the next several decades he employed this device to photograph a wide spectrum of motion studies. In addition to their scientific value, Edgerton's stop-motion and Multiple images are widely admired for their intrinsic beauty. Beaumont Newhall wrote of the, "revelation of what the unaided eye cannot see but which has ever existed; as more powerful tools for observation are built, more worlds of form are revealed". Books on Edgerton include Moments of Vision: The Stroboscopic Revolution in Photography and Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton.