MADRID.- Edgerton stands apart from most contemporary photographers in that he is above all a scientist searching for new ways to see the world. His visual experiments produced optical wonders, which he would then re-use insistently in order to refine and polish his technique. Trained as an electrical engineer, he invented a stroboscopic flash that would enable high-speed light flickers to record, with remarkable definition, a bullet passing through objects and capture other imperceptible phenomena. The “multi-shot” technology of his flash allowed Edgerton to freeze the sequential movements of athletes, for instance, at infinitesimal time intervals. This exhibition, organized for the current edition of PhotoEspaña, is the largest ever show of Harold Edgerton’s work outside the United States. Some 100 items have been chosen for the occasion, including documents, photographs and a celebrated film