NASA Photographs

One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs
from Project Apollo, the NASA program responsible
for placing the first humans on the Moon


In October 2022, marking the 50th anniversary of the last human voyage to the moon, Wright and LAMA Auction Houses presented One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Project Apollo (1961–1972).

This stunning collection comprised more than 300 original historic photographs from Project Apollo, the NASA program responsible for placing the first humans on the surface of the moon. Meticulously researched and collected over the course of 25 years, each image represents extraordinary feats of human exploration, imagination, and collaboration.

We are thrilled to have acquired 9 of these amazing photographs including 'The Blue Marble,' the first human-taken photograph of the Earth. Each work has been been beautifully finished in a modern black gallery frame with ivory mat and OP-3 acrylic.