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Placement Kick

Placement Kick

Artist/Maker (American, 1903–1990)
Date1938
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 16 11/16 × 14 1/16 in. (42.4 × 35.7 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/8 × 16 1/16 in. (51.1 × 40.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Object number1996.15.16
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Harold and Esther Edgerton Family FoundationMore Information
Featured on the cover of Edgerton’s first book Flash! (1939), Placement Kick was performed in the total darkness of the photographer’s studio. The light intensity from a single-burst electronic flash allowed for the capture of the precise moment of impact with the football, making this image one of the first indoor color photographs ever taken. The compression of the football and the athlete’s clenched fist reveal his determination and accuracy.
ProvenanceMartin S. Kaplan. Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation; by gift 1996 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Stopping Time: A Selection of Photographs by Harold Edgerton
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 1997 - March 9, 1997 )
Harold E. Edgerton, Seeking Facts
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 6, 2013 - December 22, 2013 )
Shutter Speed
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 30, 2019 - December 15, 2019 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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