| Harold EdgertonMuseum Exhibition Catalogues, Monographs, Artist's Projects, Curatorial Writings and Essays
| | MONOGRAPHS & CATALOGS Harold Edgerton: Seeing the UnseenSTEIDL/MIT MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGEEdgerton invented the electronic flash, capturing what the human eye cannot see Clth, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 224 pgs / 40 color / 70 bw. | 8/20/2019 | In stock $50.00
Harold Edgerton: The Anatomy of MovementLA FáBRICAFlexi, 11.75 x 11 in. / 92 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 4/30/2011 | Not available $39.95
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| | | Published by Steidl/MIT Museum, Cambridge. Edited with text by Ron Kurtz, Deborah Douglas, Gus Kayafas. Text by J. Kim Vandiver, Gary Van Zante.Harold Edgerton (1903–90) was an engineer, educator, explorer and entrepreneur, as well as a revolutionary photographer—in the words of his former student and Life photographer Gjon Mili, "an American original." Edgerton's photos combine exceptional engineering talent with aesthetic sensibility, and this book presents more than 100 of his most exemplary works. Seeing the Unseen contains iconic photos from the beloved milk drops and bullets slicing through fruit and cards, to less well known but equally compelling images of sea creatures and sports figures in action. Paired with excerpts from Edgerton's laboratory notebooks, the book reveals the full range of his technical virtuosity and his enthusiasm for the natural and human-built worlds. Essays by Edgerton students and collaborators J. Kim Vandiver and Gus Kayafas explore his approach to photography, engineering and education, while MIT Museum curators Gary Van Zante and Deborah Douglas examine his significance to the history of photography, technology and modern culture. BOOK FORMAT Clth, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 224 pgs / 40 color / 70 bw. PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 8/20/2019 Active DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: FALL 2017 p. 41 PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9783958293083 TRADE List Price: $50.00 CAD $67.50 AVAILABILITY In stock Free Shipping UPS GROUND IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. FOR CONSUMER ONLINE ORDERS |
Published by La Fábrica. Text by Gus Kayafas, José Gómez Isla.An array of hydralike tentacles surround a ragged white ring (the immediate aftermath of a drop of milk falling onto a table); a sensuous red shape being stretched out at one end by a dense black spot (a bullet, in fact, being shot through a candle flame). MIT scientist Harold Edgerton (1903-1990) devoted much of his career to revealing images like these--moments exponentially too brief for the human eye to ever glimpse in real time, which today are a familiar part of our visual lexicon. As an inventor and electrical engineer, "Doc" Edgerton created and patented a series of high-speed electric flash mechanisms that enabled his cameras to capture the tiniest slices of time, and produced a substantial body of work almost as a byproduct of his experiments and researches. In this respect, Edgerton's photographs can be seen as the surprising results of his adventures in mechanics, and as worthy successors to the earlier efforts of Eadweard Muybridge to divide up time and transcend the limits of the human eye. The literally arresting images collected in this survey of his career occupy a fascinating midground status between art and scientific artifact, and reveal Edgerton as a man magnificently obsessed with the paradoxes and wonders of motion.
BOOK FORMAT Flexi, 11.75 x 11 in. / 92 pgs / illustrated throughout. PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 4/30/2011 Out of stock indefinitely DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: SPRING 2011 p. 96 PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9788492841530 TRADE List Price: $39.95 CAD $53.95 GBP £34.99 AVAILABILITY Not available STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely. |
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