FULL MOON
Overview
Michael Light’s FULL MOON offers a single composite journey to the Moon and back, comprised of imagery from the 9 actual Apollo missions along with Earth orbital imagery from the Gemini missions. One of the primary goals of the project was to think about the some 33,000 Apollo images in terms of the traditions and meanings of landscape representation, rather than science, cold-war politics, and exploration alone.
FULL MOON was published in eight international editions in 1999, and concurrently exhibited world wide. An edition of c-prints was released in 1999, and over the years the book, museum exhibition, and print edition have come to be seen as a standard benchmark (art-world and otherwise) for inflight NASA Apollo photographic material.
Featured Exhibitions
Astronaut David Scott floats in the hatchway of the command module Gumdrop, Apollo 9, 1969
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
Edward White in the first American spacewalk, Gemini 4, 1965
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
Sun reflecting off the Pacific Ocean, Apollo 17, 1972
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62 x 62 cm
Edward White spacewalking above the Texas coastline, Gemini 4, 1965
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62 x 62 cm
Edward White over the Gulf of Mexico, Gemini 4, 1965
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62 x 62 cm
Sunset reflected in the ocean with some lens flare, Apollo 7, 1968
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
The southern hemisphere of the Moon, Apollo 15, 1971
Digital C-type
100 x 100 cm
Earthrise seen for the first time by human eyes, Apollo 8, 1968
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
The lunar module intrepid, Apollo 12, 1969
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
Aldrin’s boot print, Apollo 11, 1969
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
Alan Bean at Sharp Crater, Apollo 12, 1969
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62 x 62 cm
Edwin Aldrin carrying a package of scientific experiments, Apollo 11, 1969
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62 x 62 cm
The lunar module Antares, Apollo 14, 1971
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62 x 62 cm
Alan Bean holds a special sample container, Apollo 12, 1969
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62 x 62 cm
Hadley Rille, seen looking northwest from the slopes of Hadley Delta mountain near St George Crater
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62 x 62 cm
Apollo 17 astronauts viewed a full Earth for the first time, Apollo 17, 1972
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
The orange hues of the Horn of Africa contrast with the deep blues of the Earth’s oceans, Apollo 17, 1972
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
The Ocean of Storms and the Known Sea; Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972
Digital C-type
100 x 100 cm
Farside Highlands, About the Size of Switzerland; Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
Image of Charles Duke’s Family on Lunar Surface; Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
Composite of John Young and the Lunar Rover at the Descartes Highlands; Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972
Digital C-type
122 x 236 cm
Composite of Harrison Schmitt at Shorty Crater; Note Orange Soil, Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972
Digital C-type
122 x 244 cm
Composite of Eugene Cernan and the Lunar Rover At “Split Rock”; Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972
Digital C-type
122 x 244 cm
Mexico, Outbound; Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969
Digital C-type
62 x 62 cm
The Moon Seen From 1000 Miles, Showing Farside Highlands; Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972
Digital C-type
100 x 100 cm