Alfred H. Binden
An Early Study of Lightning in Wakefield Massachusetts, 1888
Albumen print
6 x 8 inches; mount larger
Binden's credit in the negative.
Binden's credit in the negative.
Taken in Massachusetts in 1888, Binden’s dramatic photograph captured multiple bolts of lightning in a single frame by using a long exposure time. His series of lightning images stands among...
Taken in Massachusetts in 1888, Binden’s dramatic photograph captured multiple bolts of lightning in a single frame by using a long exposure time. His series of lightning images stands among the earliest and most striking scientific uses of photography to record the natural electrical phenomena.