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Harold Edgerton : seeing the unseen

by Harold E. Edgerton, Ron Kurtz, Deborah G. Douglas, Gus Kayafas

This volume presents over 100 high-speed photographs made possible by the invention of the electronic flash. It includes laboratory notebook excerpts and essays that analyse the intersection of engineering and aesthetic innovation in capturing unseen motion.

Accession 21769 ISBN 9783958293083 Publisher Steidl
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