.30 Bullet Piercing an Apple
Date1964, printed 1985
Artist
Harold Eugene Edgerton
(American scientist and photographer, 1903–1990)
MediumDye transfer print
Dimensionsimage: 14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm)
sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Foundation, 1996
Object number1996-30
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextThis experiment results in a completely exploded apple. The photograph records the bullet's impact before the apple disintegrated.