1. The life of Harold Edgerton
Autumn Montgomery

2. “Gus Solomons” 1987

3. Bobby Jones (High-Speed
Photography) – 1938

4. Pete Desjardin Diving - 1940

5. Bullet through Bubble filled with
Helium- 1987

6. Bullet through a Jack

7. Jumping Girl- 1940

8. Edgerton in His Lab- 1942

9. Biographical Information
• Born in Freemont, Nebraska April 6th, 1903
• Grew up in Aurora, Nebraska
• Graduated from the University of Nebraska at
Lincoln
• Married Esther May Garrett in 1928.

10. Training, Career, and Achievements
• Edgerton went to MIT
• “Father of Modern Photography”
• Invented a Flash Machine to capture high
speed photography.
• National Geographic wrote “Doc Edgerton:
The Man who made Time stand Still”

11. Sources
• http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/
• http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/edg
ertonexhibit/harolddocedgertonindex.html
• http://www.edgerton.org/