“Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography”exhibited in Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Source:Xinhua Published: 2019/7/2 12:51:45

A Hasselblad 70 mm camera used for astronaut training is on display during the media preview of the "Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography" exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, July 1, 2019. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will present visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography through the present in the exhibition. Lasting from July 3 to September 22, the show will feature more than 170 photographs together with a selection of related drawings, prints, paintings, films, astronomical instruments and cameras used by Apollo astronauts. (Photo: Xinhua)


 

A visitor looks at moon photographs of early ages of photography during the media preview of the "Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography" exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, July 1, 2019. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will present visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography through the present in the exhibition. Lasting from July 3 to September 22, the show will feature more than 170 photographs together with a selection of related drawings, prints, paintings, films, astronomical instruments and cameras used by Apollo astronauts. (Photo: Xinhua)


 

Visitors look at the video of Apollo 11's landing on the moon during the media preview of the "Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography" exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, July 1, 2019. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will present visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography through the present in the exhibition. Lasting from July 3 to September 22, the show will feature more than 170 photographs together with a selection of related drawings, prints, paintings, films, astronomical instruments and cameras used by Apollo astronauts. (Photo: Xinhua)


 

A visitor looks at 19th century astronomical photography, Maurice Lowey and Pierre Puiseux's Photographic Atlas of the Moon, during the media preview of the "Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography" exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, July 1, 2019. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will present visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography through the present in the exhibition. Lasting from July 3 to September 22, the show will feature more than 170 photographs together with a selection of related drawings, prints, paintings, films, astronomical instruments and cameras used by Apollo astronauts. (Photo: Xinhua)


 

A huge poster of the "Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography" exhibition is seen outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, July 1, 2019. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will present visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography through the present in the exhibition. Lasting from July 3 to September 22, the show will feature more than 170 photographs together with a selection of related drawings, prints, paintings, films, astronomical instruments and cameras used by Apollo astronauts. (Photo: Xinhua)


 

A visitor looks at daguerreotype records of the stages of the moon's transit across the sun during an eclipse at the media preview of the "Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography" exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the United States, July 1, 2019. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will present visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography through the present in the exhibition. Lasting from July 3 to September 22, the show will feature more than 170 photographs together with a selection of related drawings, prints, paintings, films, astronomical instruments and cameras used by Apollo astronauts. (Photo: Xinhua)


 

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