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The Apollo missions, completed between 1967 and 1972, were achieved due to the magnificent co-operative effort of 400,000 men and women, and resulted in the miraculous feat of no deaths, six lunar landings, and over 32,000 photographs. To mark the 30th anniversary of the first landing, the Hayward Gallery in London held an exhibition in Summer 1999 of a selection of those photographs under the title "Full Moon". Indulge yourself in the catalogue of the show and it will take your breath away. Artist and photographer Michael Light has drawn on Nasa's huge archive to put together an archetypal lunar journey in images, from take-off to landing. It is awesome. To communicate the necessary density required a special black ink --"Luna Nero" was developed solely for the printing of this book, and the latest digital resources were used to process miles of black-and-white negatives and colour transparencies to a unique razor-sharp clarity. With five gatefold montage panoramas included, this is landscape photography at its best. Astronauts take their first steps in space, their cables attaching them to their mother craft like giant umbilical cords. The moody surface of the moon changes with every picture, resembling fried egg-white, Emmental cheese, and bubbling broth, magnificent desolation where humankind is the alien. Everything is shadow, scale, texture, trails. Ultimately space travel, like any journeying, is about where you come from rather than where you are going, and the pictures of the Earth taken from space are about as life-affirming as anything you will see. The final image, taken from a capsule that has landed in the Pacific Ocean, ironically shows a seascape redolent of the moon, but appropriately coloured Earth-defining blue. Andrew Chaikin, author of the definitive study of the Apollo missions A Man in the Moon, has written a well-observed essay to complement Light's sequence, but there is no doubting the stars of the show, so to speak. At a time when we've bewilderingly lost a sense of space, this luxurious and spiritual book brilliantly captures something of it anew. --David Vincent

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The Apollo missions, completed between 1967 and 1972, were achieved due to the magnificent co-operative effort of 400,000 men and women, and resulted in the miraculous feat of no deaths, six lunar landings, and over 32,000 photographs. To mark the 30th anniversary of the first landing, the Hayward Gallery in London held an exhibition in Summer 1999 of a selection of those photographs under the title "Full Moon". Indulge yourself in the catalogue of the show and it will take your breath away. Artist and photographer Michael Light has drawn on Nasa's huge archive to put together an archetypal lunar journey in images, from take-off to landing. It is awesome. To communicate the necessary density required a special black ink --"Luna Nero" was developed solely for the printing of this book, and the latest digital resources were used to process miles of black-and-white negatives and colour transparencies to a unique razor-sharp clarity. With five gatefold montage panoramas included, this is landscape photography at its best. Astronauts take their first steps in space, their cables attaching them to their mother craft like giant umbilical cords. The moody surface of the moon changes with every picture, resembling fried egg-white, Emmental cheese, and bubbling broth, magnificent desolation where humankind is the alien. Everything is shadow, scale, texture, trails. Ultimately space travel, like any journeying, is about where you come from rather than where you are going, and the pictures of the Earth taken from space are about as life-affirming as anything you will see. The final image, taken from a capsule that has landed in the Pacific Ocean, ironically shows a seascape redolent of the moon, but appropriately coloured Earth-defining blue. Andrew Chaikin, author of the definitive study of the Apollo missions A Man in the Moon, has written a well-observed essay to complement Light's sequence, but there is no doubting the stars of the show, so to speak. At a time when we've bewilderingly lost a sense of space, this luxurious and spiritual book brilliantly captures something of it anew. --David Vincent --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   21 of 21 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars You feel you are along for the ride., 27 Jul 1999 By A Customer This review is from: Full Moon (Hardcover) Never before has any book on those first tentative, dangerous voyages to the moon managed to come within a Lunar Mile of this awe inspiring work...To say that Michael Light (with considerable assistance from a number of digital specialists) has managed to present to the reader a series of images that leap from the beautifully designed pages with a vividness I have found breathtaking is to dwell in the land of gross understatement. The digital scans from the master negatives and transparencies are the sharpest, most biting images of those times I have seen...Colour is used sparingly, with intelligence...the majority of the photographs including the amazing cover image are in black and white from an archive of rarely used material and are therefore incredibly graphic in their representation of the lunar surface. but the most striking feature of this masterwork is the emotive power of those images (you cannot simply call them photgraphs because it is obvious that Michael Light's personal vision is present in both the choice of stills and also in the way they have been assembled in this book, often spanning in gatefold fashion two full pages). Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   17 of 17 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Awe-inspiring, 31 Jan 2001 By  mail@paulbrian.com (London, England) - See all my reviews This review is from: Full Moon (Hardcover) These beautiful photographs simply take your breath away. You almost feel as if you're there. A fitting testament to the Apollo program and all the people who made it happen. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Histroical Account in Pictures, 16 Jun 1999 By A Customer This review is from: Full Moon (Hardcover) It seems a fitting that this book has been published so close to the 30th Anniversary of the first moon landing. This work is simply breath taking! Many of us have heard the stories of the photograph entitled "Earthrise" and how amazing it is. But I've was never overly impressed by the image until I saw it in this book. At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I was speechless. It seems that the photos have been reproduced from the original NASA negatives and transparencies which accounts for the unusual clarity of the images. The images of the lunar lander close to gigantic mountains and craters gives one a real impression of what the astronauts achieved. These aren't pictures of gentle, flat planes we often see the LEM sitting on but, a rugged, hostile terrain that reminds me somewhat of the Peak District (England). I marvel at the astronauts flying abilities and courage. What I also like are the slightly smudged images (due to camera shake etc) that show that these are photographs taken by a person and not a remote control camera. I too like the smudged image of Gene Cernan covered in moondust. Apparently he had moondust under his fingernails for weeks after coming home. A landmark book! Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 12 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Its a truly beautiful book.......you'll want to keep forever. It is everything that previous reviewers have said, stunningly beautiful pictures and well put together panoramas, there are only the breifest of descriptions to each photo but... Read more Published 14 months ago by A. Thorpe 5.0 out of 5 stars Just like being there For someone who was too young to appreciate the Apollo moon landings at the time, this book gives me the feeling I was actually there, with the astronauts! Read more Published on 22 Mar 2000 by jruddy@cix.co.uk 5.0 out of 5 stars If ever a book deserved a soundtrack... An awesome book, both aesthetically and technically. Turning the pages, I found myself almost expecting to hear the soundtrack to go along with the images. Read more Published on 25 Feb 2000 by Simon Harrowing(sharrowing@hot... 5.0 out of 5 stars A moment in history Full Moon captures that moment in time between 1965 and 1972 when Apollo was underway. These were the days before computers, the web and the Internet were thought of as consumer... Read more Published on 24 Feb 2000 5.0 out of 5 stars These photographs transport you to the moon An amazing collection of photographs. They are astonishing on so many levels, the concepts, light, the fine detail are a compelling document of the various moon missions. Read more Published on 6 Oct 1999 4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, great scans of Apollo photos on location ! Excellent photo-book with 45 inch gatefolds showing lunar panoramas ... only pitty that the author didn't include the official NASA photographs numbers ... Read more Published on 22 Aug 1999 5.0 out of 5 stars A unique collection of Apollo photography. NASA has kept the origional Apollo master photographs locked up since they were brought back, so up until now, all we have ever seen are fourth and fifth generation copies. Read more Published on 29 Jul 1999 5.0 out of 5 stars Staggering For anybody with the vaguest interest in the Apollo missions this book is a must. The sharpness of the photography is quite literally out-of-this-world. Read more Published on 9 Jul 1999 5.0 out of 5 stars Why has this not been done before? As a small child, I watched the Moon Landings on my parent's scratchy black and white television. My memory of the landings is pretty hazy and blurred - much like the television... Read more Published on 8 Jun 1999 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 12 customer reviews...

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