Cutting the Card Quickly
Date1964
Artist
Harold Eugene Edgerton
(American scientist and photographer, 1903–1990)
MediumDye transfer print
Dimensionsimage: 7 5/8 x 10 1/16 in. (19.4 x 25.6 cm)
sheet: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
sheet: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Foundation, 1996
Object number1996-32
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextThe exposure time for this photograph was 1/1,000,000 of a second. The s-shaped strip in the center is caused by the rifling of the bullet.