Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton

by Gus Hayafas, Gus Kayafras, Estelle Jussim, et al.

Book Overview

A collection of some of the world's most famous stop-action photographs taken by Harold Edgerton (1903-1990), the late MIT scientist who invented the electronic flash. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810915146
• ISBN13: 9780810915145
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating photos

Many of these photos were familiar to me but I'd not realized all originated with the same person. The book is vaguely grouped into sports shots, everyday item shots, bullet shots, and high-tech science shots with other various photos strewn about.I found the commentary on individual pictures to be informative and interesting. The introduction, however, seemed to wander into an essay about art movements in the mid-1900s and didn't provide information I wanted to know.Overall this is a fascinating work to flip through.