APOLLO 11: NASA PHOTOGRAPHS

Driskel Vintage Photography
June 6 -July 9, 2003
Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 7-10p.m.

Driskel Vintage Photography at the Schoolhouse Center for Art &
Design in Provincetown, MA presents a collection of vintage color photographs with the NASA imprint documenting the spectacular Apollo 11 landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

On May 25, 1961 President John F. Kennedy announced before a special
session of Congress his goal of putting an American on the Moon before the end of the decade. It was a time of great cold war tension and competition with the Soviet Union. The President was determined to surpass Russia’s “firsts” with Sputnik in 1957 and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s space flight in 1961-- the same month as the Bay of Pigs fiasco. Kennedy’s goal was realized on July 20, 1969 when Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon’s surface.

Photography has always been a vital tool in the space program of the United States These images are not only important scientifically and historically; they are now seen as aesthetically compelling objects.

 

 

 

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