The Beauty of Space: Vintage NASA Photos
Description:
William Anders (American, b. 1933)
First Earthrise seen by human eyes, second color photograph, Apollo 8, December 1968. KSC caption numbered 'AS8-14-2384' on the verso. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (19.2 x 24.0 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Slight yellowing of sheet, small loss in the margin l.l.
N.B. While the first Earthrise photograph was selected by picture editors around the world, this second image is very rare. 'That was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen...,' exclaimed Anders. 'The Earthrise. Totally unanticipated. Because we were trained to go to the Moon... We were trained to get there. So, getting there was the big event... It wasn't going to the Moon and looking back at the Earth. I never even thought about that!... In lunar orbit, it occurred to me that, here we are, all the way up there at the Moon, and we're studying this thing, and it's really the Earth as seen from the Moon that's the most interesting aspect of this flight' (Chaikin, Voices, p. 45).
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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