Harold edgerton famous photos

Harold Edgerton (1903-1990) the inventor of the Stroboscopic flashbulb, created a revolutionary way of looking at the world. He was responsible for inventing a bulb that could flash rapidly in conjunction with a high-speed camera. Edgerton captured motion on high-speed film, producing some of the most expressive photographs that the artistic community had ever seen.

Harold Eugene Edgerton was born on April 6, 1903, in Fremont, Nebraska.

From a young age, Edgerton showed an interest in all things mechanical. As a young boy he got his first taste of electricity when he bought some old Ham Radio equipment from a friend.

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Using some items found around the house, he crafted his own antenna for the Ham equipment, and then wanted to take a picture of what he had done. The art of photography was a young science at the time, not to mention expensive. The first few photos Edgerton managed to take were rather devoid of life because he could not get enough light onto