Beyond Sight: The Photographs of Harold E. Edgerton

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Beyond Sight: The Photographs of Harold E. Edgerton
Beyond Sight: The Photographs of Harold E. Edgerton
August 20, 1986–September 15, 1986
Kress Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Dr. Harold E. Edgerton's photographic experiments began with his perfection of the stroboscopic flash. They have enabled us to "see the unseen." This exhibition of 86 original prints given to the Spencer Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. young, includes 75 black and white and 11 color works by the famed M.I.T. scientist. These photographs demonstrate the great range o natural phenomena which he studied with his camera. Edgerton is perhaps most famous for the studies which reveal the effects, actions, and patterns of impacting objects. The photographer-scientist will speak at the Spencer Museum at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 6.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Kenneth Germeshausen
Garden Hose, 1933
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Kenneth Germeshausen
Garden Hose, 1933
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dove Rising, 1934
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Ouch! Archer, 1934
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dove, 1934
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Jumping Dog, 1938
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Greyhound, 1938
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Tennis Swing, 1938
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Skip Rope, 1939
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Lawn Sprinkler, circa 1939
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Seahorse, 1939
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Track Meet, 1940
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Card Shuffle, 1940
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Flying Fish, 1940
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Milk Drop, 1960
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton; Gus Kayafas
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton