Cultural recommendation for the weekend
Photographic exhibition “Anatomy of movement. Photographs of Harold Edgerton”
Harold Eugene Edgerton (April 6, 1903, Fremont, Nebraska – January 4, 1990, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American electrical engineer and photographer.
He was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when in 1926 he had already developed a flash tube that could produce flashes of high light intensity in just 1/1,000,000 of a second. This invention is still used in photographic devices today and since it can also emit bursts of light repeatedly at short regular intervals, it is ideal for use as a stroboscope.
With this technology, Edgerton was able to photograph things like drops of milk falling onto a plate and bullets traveling at speeds of up to 24,000 miles per hour; resulting in images appreciable for their artistic beauty and their value to industry and science.”
Taken from Wikipedia.
See also:
http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/microsites/photoesp/galeria.html
http://www.elmundo.es/magazine/num112/textos/foto1.html
http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/
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Dates: From June 8 to July 25.
Place: BBVA-AZCA exhibition hall (Paseo de la Castellana, 81. Madrid)
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, from 11.00 to 21.00. Sundays and holidays, from 10.00 to 14.00. Closed Monday
Price: Free entry.
