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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
.30 Bullet Piercing an Apple
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.

.30 Bullet Piercing an Apple

Artist Harold Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)
CultureAmerican
Date1964
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (56.5 × 64.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Object number96.14.6
Not on view
DescriptionThis photograph depicts an apple being pierced by a bulleet.

Label TextHarold Edgerton American, 1903–1990 .30 Bullet Piercing an Apple, 1964 Dye transfer print (photograph) Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation 96.14.6 Exhibition History"Revealing the Unseen: The Split-Second Photography of Harold Edgerton," The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Prints and Drawings Gallery, December 1, 1996 through February 16, 1997. "Photographs Take Time: Pictures from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 6 - August 26, 2018.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Harold Edgerton
1964
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harold Edgerton
1964
Scanned from a slide by Adam Pape.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Harold Edgerton
1950-1990
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Harold Edgerton
C. 1960
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Harold Edgerton
1973
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Harold Edgerton
1960
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Harold Edgerton
1963
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Harold Edgerton
1957
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Harold Edgerton
1965
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Harold Edgerton
1938
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harold Edgerton
1957
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harold Edgerton
ca. 1960