Moonshots: 50 Years of NASA Space Exploration Seen through Hasselblad Cameras
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (806 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760352623 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has also gained substantial experience within the film and television industries. An experienced multimedia professional, Piers Bizony has written about science and the history of technology for a wide variety of publishers worldwide, and has undertaken major projects for the media departments at NASA and ESA. and fine art publishers Taschen on a large-format book about the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey.. The author of Quarto’s
Working with NASA’s archives of Hasselblad images, aerospace author Piers Bizony presents the ultimate must-have large-format book, Moonshots. Many of these images have been reproduced, but there’s one element that has seldom been exploited: the sheer size and resolution of the film frames.Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the USA’s first human voyage to the moon, this incredible collection is a must have for any space enthusiast.. The Apollo voyages form the centerpiece of the book, but equally fabulous images from precursor Gemini missions are also featured, along with pictures taken by Space Shuttle crews, and during construction of the International Space Station.The extraordinary photographs taken by astronauts during NASA's first fifty years were captured almost exclusively on Hasselblad cameras
The author of Quarto’s Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years, One Giant Leap: Apollo 11 Remembered, and New Space Frontiers, Bizony spent the last three years working closely with the family of Stanley Kubrick, in conjunction with Warner Bros. He has also gained substantial experience within the film and television industries. About the AuthorAn experienced multimedia professional, Piers Bizony has written about science and the history of technology for a wide variety of publishers worldwide, and has undertaken