Cape Kennedy Space Launching Station
Photograph
1967 (photographed)
1967 (photographed)
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| Place of origin |
Henri Cartier-Bresson spent four decades travelling the world as a photojournalist in search of what he termed 'the decisive moment' - the instant when visual harmony and human significance combine. Remarkably, he rarely cropped or manipulated his prints, but skilfully composed the image in the viewfinder. Here, he documents the clinically white stage-set of Apollo Mission Control.
Object details
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| Title | Cape Kennedy Space Launching Station (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | Gelatin silver print by Henri Cartier-Bresson depicting employees at the Kennedy space centre, entitled 'Cape Kennedy Space Launching Station'. United States, 1967. |
| Physical description | Photograph of men in short sleeved white shirts, black trousers and black shoes, sitting in a high-tech office at the space launching station, surrounded by banks of computers. Stamped in the bottom left corner with the name of the artist. |
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| Credit line | Given by the photographer 1983 |
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| Summary | Henri Cartier-Bresson spent four decades travelling the world as a photojournalist in search of what he termed 'the decisive moment' - the instant when visual harmony and human significance combine. Remarkably, he rarely cropped or manipulated his prints, but skilfully composed the image in the viewfinder. Here, he documents the clinically white stage-set of Apollo Mission Control. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.215-1983 |
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| Record created | August 19, 2004 |
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