Neil Armstrong [Apollo 11]

Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin’s gold-plated visor reflects the photographer and the LM Eagle

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 110:42:39 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso [NASA AS11-40- 5903]
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

Chaikin, Space, p. 95; Thomas, frontispiece; Jacobs, p. 62; Reynolds, p. 145; Arnold, plate 17, Chaikin, Voices, p.179; NASA SP-350, cover.

Copenhagen, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, The Moon: From Inner Worlds to Outer Space, September 2018-January 2019 and February-May 2019; exhibition catalogue, p. 108, no. 17, illustrated.

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