#doc edgerton

[appalachianbacchus]

In Shinnston, WV, there used to be an old warehouse behind the high school baseball fields. I first experienced the spot in 2007 when I skipped class to practice for my photography class.

While I respect my learning process of photography, I had a habit of cranking up the saturation of my old photos.

A few years later, in September 2010, I took an ex to this warehouse because she got a new camera and asked for some guidance on taking photos.

With my photos, I aimed to show the way nature does not care about the concrete or the steel of the warehouse; it still grows. I was still in the habit of adding or brightening the colors so the saturation levels are almost a time capsule for me.

The next time, in October 2014, I went with some friends on a day of driving around. We had a game of just naming the next group of turns, "Left, Right, Right, Left, Right, Left, " and we would just explore. We visited a hidden Stonewall Jackson Lake reservoir, a Stonecoal Lake overlook, a few abandoned houses in Weston, an abandoned (now torn down) bed and breakfast across the road from the fire department in Mount Clare, and we ended our day at this old warehouse.

The first thing I noticed was the front wall had fallen down.

We entered the warehouse and the second thing I noticed was this green door. The door implied another section we had not yet reviewed.

We worked our way back into the back section of the warehouse and got to see some old equipment. And a much wider space.

In February 2015, I had another idea to try a longer photo shoot featuring two classic dancers. The plan was to either have a long exposure with a strobe light in homage to Doc Edgerton, or overlay the high-speed shots to reference Edgerton's style.

We managed to take a series of practice shots, but we never managed to get there again before someone had bought it, put up no trespassing signs and eventually finished tearing it down.

[agelessphotography]

Cutting the Card Quickly, Doc Edgerton, 1964

[psikonauti]

Dr. Harold Edgerton (aka Papa Flash)

Peter Desjardins Diving,1940 (printed ca.1988)

Gelatin Silver Print

[agelessphotography]

Bullet through Jack of Hearts, Doc Edgerton, 1960

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Atomic Bomb Explosion, Doc Edgerton, before 1952

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Pigeon Release, Doc Edgerton, 1965

[psikonauti]

Dr. Harold Edgerton (aka Papa Flash)

Densmore Shute Bends the Shaft , 1938 (printed ca.1960's)

Ferrotyped Gelatin Silver Print

[famousdeaths]

Doc Edgerton : Born April 6, 1903 : Died January 4, 1990

Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton, also known as Papa Flash, was an American scientist and researcher, a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Ins...

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