Neil Armstrong (American, 1930-2012)

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Neil Armstrong (American, 1930-2012)
Buzz Aldrin at the Lunar Module Eagle, Apollo 11, July 1969. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.0 x 18.9 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Crack in the emulsion u.l., wear to corners of sheet.

N.B. Aldrin unloads scientific equipment from the stowage area in the LM's descent engine. The foreground object with the handle is the gold camera, designed to take close-up photographs of the very top layer of the lunar soil. 'Our LM was sitting there with its black, silver, and bright yellow-orange thermal coating shining brightly in the otherwise colorless landscape,' said Aldrin. 'I had seen Neil in his suit thousands of times before, but on the Moon the unnatural whiteness of it seemed unusually brilliant' (NASA SP-350, chapter 11.5). The NASA negative number is AS11-40-5931.
Estimate $400-600


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