NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the MoonA Visual Archive

  • Dust jacket of »NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the Moon«
    Dust jacket of »NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the Moon«

Fifty years after Neil Armstrong, crew member of Apollo 11, set his left foot on the surface of the moon for the first time in human history, the fascination with the Earth’s satellite continues unabated. NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the Moon is about the astronauts’ journey to the moon and documents the visual results that the three crew members brought back.

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  • Half-title of the book. The first and last pert of the book was printed with PANTONE Silver on black paper
    Half-title of the book. The first and last pert of the book was printed with PANTONE Silver on black paper
  • Introductory foreword written by Steffen Knöll
    Introductory foreword written by Steffen Knöll
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They were equipped with a Hasselblad 500EL DATA Camera, with reseauplates and a Zeiss Biogon 60mm ƒ/5.6 lens to take pictures before and during the mission. The resulting footage can be viewed in NASA’s web archive. NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the Moon shows it in its completeness for the first time.

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  • Documentary images of the training and preparation course of the astronauts are included in the second part of the book
    Documentary images of the training and preparation course of the astronauts are included in the second part of the book
  • Documentary images of the training and preparation course of the astronauts are included in the second part of the book
    Documentary images of the training and preparation course of the astronauts are included in the second part of the book
  • The second part of the book documents the launch of the Apollo 11 missile
    The second part of the book documents the launch of the Apollo 11 missile
  • Images show the crew on the Apollo 11 mission
    Images show the crew on the Apollo 11 mission
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  • The third part of the book again shows silver images and typography on black paint
    The third part of the book again shows silver images and typography on black paint
  • Every image was color converted to be printed on black paper
    Every image was color converted to be printed on black paper
  • The iconic imagery was adapted to contemporary means of presentation and printing
    The iconic imagery was adapted to contemporary means of presentation and printing

“NASA APOLLO 11 Man on the Moon: The Visual Archive” appears in the second year of the Discovered series, a collaboration between the Hamburg University of Fine Arts, the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts, and the Stuttgart State Academy of Fine Arts that awards selected student projects with publication by Spector Books. The winning books will subsequently be mentored, produced and published under the supervision of professors Markus Dressen, Uli Cluss, Ingo Offermanns and the publishers of Spector Books.

  • The back cover of the book. The dust jacket shows the iconic first steps of Neil Armstron on the moon on July 20, 1968
    The back cover of the book. The dust jacket shows the iconic first steps of Neil Armstron on the moon on July 20, 1968

Details

Client Self-initiated
Partners Studio Tillack Knöll (Steffen Knöll, Sven Tillack, Vincent Herbet, Niklas Berlec & Marius Rother), Copy editing: Hanne Mächler & Mike Pilewski, Translation: Sara Hoss
URL https://spectorbooks.com/de/nasa-apollo-11-man-on-the-moon
ISBN 987-3-95905-316-7