The footprint on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin [Apollo 11], July 16-24, 1969.
After he first photographed the untouched lunar soil, Buzz Aldrin captured the image of his footprint in it. This photograph originally shot on color film has come to be regarded as iconic of space exploration. After he first photographed the untouched lunar soil, Buzz Aldrin captured the image of his footprint in it. The photograph has come to be regarded as iconic of space exploration. Like the haunting footprints left in caves during the ice age, this impression of Buzz Aldrin’s boot in the fine lunar dust is expected to endure thousands of years into the future, carrying the same message: ‘We were here’.
Numbered to verso 'AS11-40-5877' with NASA HQ caption.
Beautifully framed in our signature black gallery frame. Ready to hang.
Photograph is 10 W x 8 H in and Framed 26 W x 24 H.
Provenance | 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), an auction that took place in Chicago on October 28th, 2022. This stunning collection comprises 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 by Victor Martin-Malburet, each image represents extraordinary feats of human exploration, imagination, and collaboration, and many of those being offered have never been published.
Buzz Aldrin
Printed 1969
Photograph is 10 W x 8 H in and Framed 26 W x 24 H.
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper
Good condition. Newly framed.
$225 in the U.S.
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