Full Moon # 82
Photograph
07/12/1972-09/12/1972 (photographed), 1999 (printed)
07/12/1972-09/12/1972 (photographed), 1999 (printed)
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Full Moon # 82 comes from a series of photographs made by Michael Light from 900 master negatives held by NASA of the Apollo missions to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s. The series was first published in book form in 1999 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon on 20 July 1969. By scanning NASA negatives and applying digital imaging technology, Light has created the sharpest images of space ever seen. Not only are the photographs interesting from a scientific point of view, they also reveal an ‘aesthetics of space’, creating what Light describes as ‘the ultimate landscape photography’.
This image is a composite of a number of individual images. It shows the lunar surface in incredible detail, with a large crater and moon debris. The moon buggy sitting on the rim of the crater gives an idea of scale.
This image is a composite of a number of individual images. It shows the lunar surface in incredible detail, with a large crater and moon debris. The moon buggy sitting on the rim of the crater gives an idea of scale.
Object details
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| Title | Full Moon # 82 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Digital c-print |
| Brief description | Photograph 'Full Moon # 82' taken by Eugene Cernan in 1972 and printed by Michael Light in 1999 |
| Physical description | Photograph of geologist-astronomer Harrison Schmitt standing next to the rover at the rim of 360-foot-wide Short Crater on the Moon. |
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| Copy number | 11/25 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Composite of Harrison Schmitt at Shorty Crater; Note Orange Soil / Photographed by Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17, December 7-9, 1972 / From the project Full Moon by Michael Light / 1999 / 2003 Michael Light 11/25 / Digital chromogenic development print / Transparencies NASA; digital image 1999 Michael Light / www.michaellight.net' (Printed on label for verso of mounted print.) |
| Gallery label | This image comes from a series of photographs made by Michael Light from nine-hundred original 'master' negatives held by NASA of the Apollo moon missions. By scanning NASA negatives, and through the use of digital imaging technology, Light has created the sharpest images of the moon yet seen. The photographs are outstanding not only from a scientific point of view; they also emphasize the aesthetic beauty of space, creating what Light describes as 'the ultimate landscape photography.'(2008-2009) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist. Copyright Michael Light |
| Production | Photgraph taken of the Moon from Apollo 17. |
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| Summary | Full Moon # 82 comes from a series of photographs made by Michael Light from 900 master negatives held by NASA of the Apollo missions to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s. The series was first published in book form in 1999 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon on 20 July 1969. By scanning NASA negatives and applying digital imaging technology, Light has created the sharpest images of space ever seen. Not only are the photographs interesting from a scientific point of view, they also reveal an ‘aesthetics of space’, creating what Light describes as ‘the ultimate landscape photography’. This image is a composite of a number of individual images. It shows the lunar surface in incredible detail, with a large crater and moon debris. The moon buggy sitting on the rim of the crater gives an idea of scale. |
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| Accession number | E.3713-2004 |
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| Record created | October 5, 2004 |
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