Bullet Through Candle Flame
Date1973, printed 1985
Artist
Harold Eugene Edgerton
(American scientist and photographer, 1903–1990)
MediumDye transfer print
Dimensionsimage: 18 3/8 x 12 1/4 in. (46.7 x 31.1 cm)
sheet: 20 1/8 × 16 in. (51.1 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 20 1/8 × 16 in. (51.1 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Foundation, 1996
Object number1996-26
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextThe sound of the rifle amplified through a microphone triggered the stroboscopic flash which made this photograph possible. The split-second process enabled Edgerton to capture the image of a speeding bullet penetrating the swirling heat and smoke patterns of a flame.
