Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton

Stopping Time is a digital PDF devoted to Harold Edgerton’s high-speed photography. It is available as an instant download for readers interested in photography, science, and visual history.

The book brings together photographs that record motion in fractions of a second. Its subjects include bullets, milk drops, athletes, birds, machinery, shock waves, and microscopic sea organisms.

It also explains the techniques behind the images and documents Edgerton’s work through essays, captions, biographical material, and bibliographies.

Book Overview

Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton is a photography book and archival reference work by Harold Edgerton, with a foreword by Edgerton, text by Estelle Jussim, and editing by Gus Kayafas. Published in 1987 by Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, New York, it covers Edgerton’s career as a photographer, inventor, and Institute Professor at MIT.

The photographs show how electronic flash and stroboscopic techniques made rapid events visible. The book includes 22 color plates and 116 duotone plates, including work dating as recently as 1986.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• A foreword by Harold E. Edgerton describing his early breakthroughs.
• Estelle Jussim’s discussion of Edgerton’s influence on photography and modern visual consciousness.
• Captions by Gus Kayafas explaining the techniques used to create the photographs.
• High-speed images of bullets, milk-drop splashes, golf swings, divers, athletes, birds, and machinery.
• Photographs addressing shock waves, atomic explosions, nighttime aerial views, and underwater subjects.
• An illustrated biographical outline detailing Edgerton’s career.
• Complete and selected bibliographies of books and articles by Harold E. Edgerton.

Why This Book Matters

Edgerton’s work connects photography with electrical engineering, scientific observation, and modern art. His inventions and images changed how viewers could understand movement and observe events beyond ordinary human vision.

The volume is relevant to photographers, artists, scientists, inventors, industrialists, naturalists, and students of photographic history. Its combination of visual plates, technical captions, biography, and bibliography makes it useful for both study and reference.

Book Details

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This is a digital download, so no physical copy will be shipped. Access is available after purchase through the download provided by the store.

The PDF works with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps. Display quality may vary by device and application.

FAQ

When can I access the book?
Access is available after purchase, with instant download of the digital PDF.

Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This product is a digital download and does not include physical shipping.

What devices support the file?
The PDF can be opened with compatible Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and reading apps.

Download this digital edition to read and consult Harold Edgerton’s high-speed photography in a convenient archival format.

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