The Moon 1968–1972
A collection of NASA's historic lunar photographs
John Kennedy author EB White author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Distributed Art Publishers
Published:10th Nov '16
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This collection showcases stunning NASA photographs from the Apollo missions, highlighting the beauty and wonder of the moon during 1968 to 1972.
In The Moon 1968–1972, readers are invited to explore a remarkable collection of NASA photographs from the Apollo program, which famously landed the first humans on the moon in 1969. Over the next three years, five additional missions sent ten more astronauts to the lunar surface, capturing moments that would become etched in history. The first moon landing, in particular, stands out as a legendary event, uniting the world in awe as millions watched from their living rooms. While the event itself is well-documented, the photographs taken during these missions offer a unique and intimate glimpse into the experience of space exploration.
This beautifully designed volume features a selection of images taken by the astronauts using Hasselblad cameras, both handheld and suit-mounted. Though originally intended for scientific documentation, many of these photographs possess an unexpected artistic quality, showcasing the astronauts' adventures in a visually striking manner. From an upside-down pair of legs to a glowing figure against the vastness of space, each image captures the wonder and excitement of lunar exploration.
With insightful background information on the Apollo missions and the significance of photographic documentation, The Moon 1968–1972 serves as both a historical record and an artistic tribute to the beauty of the moon's landscape. As E.B. White remarked in 1969, the moon is indeed a remarkable place for exploration, and this collection allows us to relive those joyous moments of discovery and triumph.
The 1969 moon landing and the five more missions in the years that followed generated hundreds of photographs taken by the astronauts themselves. Photographs from every Apollo mission offer a glimpse not only of the historical moment when man first set foot on the lunar landscape, but of stunning compositions of space and the unknown. * Artdesk *
Less famous images: accidental double exposures, messy takes of experiment sites and off-kilter photos of horizon lines...And the less iconic b-roll just adds to the narrative of ever expansive space. -- Su Wu * The New York Times *
An eerily placid and provocative little book, featuring stark but spectacular photos from NASA’s Apollo archives that juxtapose sight-seeing, science and the sublime. -- Marvin Heiferman * Time, Best Photobooks of 2016 *
...evokes the rich mixture of emotion, yearning and speculation that have long surrounded Earth’s mysterious companion and neighbor...this slim, elegant volume also serves as a bittersweet reminder of a time when, despite the tensions of the Cold War — and, in part, thanks to the motivations they engendered — Americans still dared to dream big, sharing a collective spirit of awe over the historic achievements of an innovative, ambitious, tax-supported space program. -- Edward M. Gomez * Hyperallergic *
The Moon 1968-1972, a… provocative little book, features a selection of otherworldly images from NASA’s archives that juxtaposes the sublime with sightseeing, pits philosophical and propagandistic readings against documentary ones, and contrasts the moon’s eerily laid and articulated surface with the stark blankness of outer space. -- Marvin Heiferman * Photobook Review *
At a time when archival images are often hastily assembled into digital galleries that get passed around briefly on social media, it’s especially satisfying to sit with an affordable ($18), carefully edited, designed and printed archive of photographs of historical significance and esthetic value. * Photo District News *
ISBN: 9781942884057
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48 pages