#Harold Eugene Edgerton

[joeinct]

Rising Dove, Photo by Harold Eugene Edgerton, 1934

[fashionlandscapeblog]

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Bobby Jones with a Driver, 1938

[eva-porazione]

Oskar Schlemmer/Harold Edgerton

[bluebottleflowerx]

[heronstill]

Water from Fawcet, Photo by Harold Eugene Edgerton, 1932

[junnahphoto101]

ICP Exhibition - 3/24/24

 

The International Center of Photography has a variety of photographs from political views,  historical fashion, to contemporary, and mysterious. There were more than three hundred pictures with different sizes and ways of installation. Every photo had a brief description walking you through the photograph and its meaning and even some of the techniques used. The description also states the photographer (if known) and the year they were born and or deceased, the title of the photo (if known), the year taken or printed, the location of the photograph (if known), and at times, the thoughts of the photographer. They also list how ICP obtained the photograph, whether through purchase, donations, etc.. The atmosphere was quiet, people were taking their time reading descriptions of photos and discussing them through whispers. The lights on the third floor were dim, there were spotlights on the walls, where the photos were displayed.The third floor also held older pictures going back to the 1848, historic pictures, they were mainly black and white photos. The second floor was bright, the lights were on, and most of the pictures were colored. The second floor also held more contemporary, and fashionable photos, as well as hipsters photographs. The newer photos were displayed on the second floor, they were mainly from the 1980's on.

It was so hard to pick only two pictures, but after going through the list a few times, I decided to pick two that are somehow modern. The first photo of my choice was by Ming Smith, born in Detroit in 1947. The photo is called Womb, it was taken in 1992 and printed in 2023. Pigment print was used and it was purchased by funds provided by the acquisition committee of ICP 1/18/2023. Womb is a double exposure photograph. This means the negative in the cameras was exposed twice, where two different pictures are printed on top of each other. The photo is unique when seeing, you can observe the pyramids right away and two young boys in front of them, when you tilt your head to the right you can see a portrait of one of the boys horizontally across the photograph of the pyramids. 

“While Smith has employed a wide range of styles and techniques throughout her career, this work typifies her experimental approach, using intuition and chance to imbue her images with a dreamy, often otherworldly impression. Smith, who made photographs at an early age with her father's Brownie camera, began her professional career as a model. After being photographed by Anthony Barboza, she met other members of the Kamoinge Workshop-a collective of Black photographers founded in 1963 in New York City-and began to forge her own career as an artist. In 1975, a few months after ICP opened to the public, Smith, alongside other members of the Kamoinge group, were exhibited”.

The second photo of my choice was by Carrie Mae Weems, born in Portland, Oregon in 1953. The photo is called Mirror, Mirror and was taken in 1987, and Gelatin silver print was used. ICP obtained the photo as a gift from Julie Ault in 2001. The photograph reads “”LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR, THE BLACK WOMAN ASKED, "MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHO'S THE FINEST OF THEM ALL?" THE MIRROR SAYS, "SNOW WHITE, YOU BLACK BITCH, AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!!!"”. I sensed the picture having  a dark humor that actually reminded me of Deborah Willis’s article about some blacks believing that whites are more beautiful than blacks. 

The list of photographers is long, in addition of the previous two, so I selected some just as examples:

Mickalene Thamas

A.K Burns

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Carol Summers

Lee Friedlander

Lucas Samaras

Charles E. Stacy

Florence Henri

Custav Klutsis

Lotte Jacobi

Julia Pirotte

Ilse Bing

Nasa

Cornell Capa

Jacob Riis

Daivd Seidner

These photographers are from all over the world.

[disease]

HAROLD EUGENE EDGERTON / “DIVER” / 1958 [gelatin silver print | 8 3/4 x 11 1/2″]

[thephotoregistry]

Cicada, 1939

Harold Eugene Edgerton

[joeinct]

Water from Fawcet, Photo by Harold Eugene Edgerton, 1932

[fashionlandscapeblog]

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Tennis Swing, ca 1935

[loveinstreams]

DIVER (1958) Harold Eugene Edgerton \\ PAS DE DEUX (1968) Norman McLaren

[phycodurus-eques]

Harold Eugene Edgerton, Owl, 1965

[federer7]

Wes Fesler Kicking a Football, 1934

Photo: Harold Eugene Edgerton

[trizadura]

Harold Eugene Edgerton ― Fencer (1938)

[pittipedia]

'Cranberry Juice into Milk' by Harold Eugene Edgerton (1960)

[disease]

“SMASH!” // 1933 HAROLD EUGENE EDGERTON [gelatin silver print | 14 1/4 × 10 1/2″]