William Anders (American, b. 1933),Frank Borman (American, b. 1928),or James Lovell (American, b. 1928)

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William Anders (American, b. 1933),Frank Borman (American, b. 1928),or James Lovell (American, b. 1928)
Three views of the Earth seen from the lunar sphere of gravitation, Apollo 8, December 1968. Vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image sizes to 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.0 x 19.2 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Tonal changes to two of the images.

N.B. Being in the gravitational sphere of influence of another celestial body for the first time in human history, the Apollo 8 astronauts used both 80mm and 250mm telephoto lenses to photograph the Earth from the windows of their spacecraft. Part of the spacecraft's window is visible at the left of the third image. 'As I looked out there I could not figure out which way was up... Anyway, who's to say which way is up in space?' queried William Anders (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 95). 'The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me, a small disk, 240,000 miles away,' said Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman. 'It was hard to think that that little thing held so many problems, so many frustrations. Raging nationalistic interests, famines, wars, pestilence don't show from that distance' (Life, January 17, 1969). The NASA negative numbers are AS8-15-2543, AS8-15-2559, and AS8-16-2640.
Estimate $700-900


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