For All Mankind
A comprehensive selection of over 100 rare and vintage NASA photographs. 1964 1983
20th July 12th August, 2014
This exhibition comprises an overview of space exploration from 1964 to 1983, providing a comprehensive selection of over 100 rare and vintage NASA photographs. The achievements of NASA and the Apollo programme languished in the popular imagination from the end of the 1970s until the early 2000s, neglected in the wake of previous euphoria.
The vintage photographs on display, many of which retain original NASA catalogue stamps on the reverse, were taken by the men, women and machines of NASA over a period of 20 years. They include photographs from the Gemini 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 missions; Apollo 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17; the Mars Viking missions and the Jupiter Voyager missions. They also include historic images such as the world’s first picture of the Earth taken from the vicinity of the Moon (December, 1966), and iconic images such as the ‘Earthrise’ view taken from Apollo 8 and the ‘Blue Marble’, the first ever full Earth view (Apollo 17, December 1972).
David Scott and the Lunar Rover, Apollo 15, August 1971, Vintage chromogenic print, 20.3 x 25
‘You recognise that you’re not there because you deserve to be there, that you were just lucky, you’re the representative of humanity at that point in history, having that experience, in a sense, for the rest of mankind.’ Apollo Astronaut, For All Mankind, Al Reinert, Eureka, 1989.
Buzz Aldrin, Aldrin’s boot on the lunar soil, Apollo 11, July 1969, Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25
Thomas Stafford, The first rendezvous of two spacecraft in space, Gemini 6 & 7, December 1965, Vintage chromogenic print, 20.3 x 25
Harrison Schmitt, The ‘Blue Marble’, The first ever full earth view, Apollo 17, 1972, Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25
Harrison Schmitt, The ‘Blue Marble’, The first ever full earth view, Apollo 17, 1972, Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25
Owen Garriott working outside the spacecraft, Skylab 3, August 1973, Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25
‘Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.’ President Nixon’s speechwriter William Safire, The opening lines of a speech to be used in the event of a disaster that would maroon the astronauts on the Moon.
Apollo 11 lift-off seen from the top of the launch gantry, Apollo 11, July 1969, Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25
For All Mankind: Vintage NASA Photographs 1964 – 1983 Breese Little First Floor Gallery, 30b Great Sutton Street London, EC1V 0DU Images:
Nasa.gov