The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Football Kick
1938
(American, 1903–1990)
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Image: 42.5 x 35.7 cm (16 3/4 x 14 1/16 in.); Paper: 50.6 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This was one of the first color photographs taken using a strobe.Description
In 1931, electrical engineer Harold Edgerton invented the stroboscope or strobe, a flash that produces split-second bursts of light. It allows photographs to freeze objects in motion and show phenomenon not visible to the unaided eye. It undoubtedly took many tries to create this image. He made it in his lab at MIT, which would have been in total darkness before the flash went off, making it impossible for the kicker to see the ball.- The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, Santa Fe, NMDecember 2, 1996The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- {{cite web|title=Football Kick|url=false|author=Harold Eugene Edgerton, Palm Press, Inc.|year=1938|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.347.1