Moon

Op 21 juli 1969, in volle Koude Oorlog, zet de Amerikaan Neil Armstrong als eerste een voet op de maan. De jarenlange Space Race tussen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet-Unie lijkt daardoor beslecht. Precies vijftig jaar later blikt dit fotoboek terug op dat buitenaardse kantelpunt en onderzoekt het hoe onze grootste satelliet in de loop der jaren tot de verbeelding is blijven spreken. In 1840, amper drie jaar na de uitvinding van de fotografie, slaagde J.W. Draper erin de eerste fotografische opname van de maan te maken. De eerste pogingen zijn nog abstract en mysterieus, maar de technieken worden snel verfijnd, en de maan zal blijvend een bijzondere aantrekkingskracht uitoefenen op fotografen. Dit boek bundelt beelden van 's werelds beste fotografen van 1840 tot vandaag. Naast historische foto's en persbeelden van de maanlanding in 1969 bevat het ook werk van hedendaagse kunstenaars, die elk op hun eigen manier reflecteren over dit mystieke hemellichaam. Met teksten van Maarten Dings en Joachim Naudts.

Publicatie bij de tentoonstelling MAAN/MOON in het Fotomuseum in Antwerpen, van 28 juni tot 6 oktober 2019.

A photographic account of man's fascination with the moon.
On 21 July 1969, at the height of the Cold War, the American Neil Alden Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon. The years-long space race between the United States and the Soviet Union seemed to be over. Exactly fifty years later, this photo book looks back at that other-worldly turning point and considers how our largest satellite has continued to appeal to the imagination over the years.
In 1840, barely three years after the invention of photography, J.W. Draper succeeded in taking the first photographic image of the moon. The first attempts were abstract and mysterious, but the techniques were quickly refined, and the moon was to permanently exert a special hold over photographers.
This book compiles pictures from the world's best photographers from 1840 to the present. As well as historical photographs and press images of the moon landing in 1969, it also contains work by contemporary artists, each reflecting in their own way on this mystical celestial body.

A photographic account of man's fascination with the moon.
On 21 July 1969, at the height of the Cold War, the American Neil Alden Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon. The years-long space race between the United States and the Soviet Union seemed to be over. Exactly fifty years later, this photo book looks back at that other-worldly turning point and considers how our largest satellite has continued to appeal to the imagination over the years.
In 1840, barely three years after the invention of photography, J.W. Draper succeeded in taking the first photographic image of the moon. The first attempts were abstract and mysterious, but the techniques were quickly refined, and the moon was to permanently exert a special hold over photographers.
This book compiles pictures from the world's best photographers from 1840 to the present. As well as historical photographs and press images of the moon landing in 1969, it also contains work by contemporary artists, each reflecting in their own way on this mystical celestial body.