David BurnettWe Choose to go to the Moon© David Burnett/Contact Press Images
July 11 - October 12, 2019Artist Reception and Book Signing:Thursday, July 11, 2019 between 6pm and 8pmClick to pre-order book!
The Gallery at Leica Store San Francisco, in collaboration with Contact Press Images, is excited to announce the upcoming photography exhibit, and the world premiere of We Choose to go to the Moon, as well as the release of the book of the same name featuring the photographs of David Burnett. The photographs document the launch of the Apollo XI mission. The exhibit opens July 11, 2019, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon, July 20, 1969.
At the time, 22-year-old, David Burnett was a photographer working for TIME Magazine out of the Miami bureau. Burnett’s coverage region included the area off Florida’s Space Coast where the Apollo XI rocket would launch. In May of 1969, he had photographed the launch of Apollo X as a warm-up and two months later he went on to record the launch of Apollo XI carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins whose mission was to land and walk on the moon.It was David's idea to record the events for TIME by turning his camera away from the rocket and focus on the 'space' that the visiting tourists, from near and far, had staked out to celebrate and witness the moments leading up to and during the Apollo XI rocket launch.
"Looking back on fifty years, there are many things which come to mind; the clothing, antiquated film cameras, transistor radios, enormous automobiles, courtesy and attitudes, patience while waiting at a gas station in the middle of the night to use a solitary restroom, and the absence of cell phones!
As much as Apollo XI became a lodestone for human endeavors in space, the massive gathering that represented the American clan: present and in the moment, there to observe the launching. These pictures leave us with a snapshot of what the country’s tempo was like at that time and how man’s quest for space could captivate, amaze, delight and cause a nation to hold its breath looking skyward."
- David Burnett (Contact Press Images) 2019
More details: http://gallery.leicastoresf.com/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon-david-burnett
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July 11 - October 12, 2019Artist Reception and Book Signing:Thursday, July 11, 2019 between 6pm and 8pmClick to pre-order book!
The Gallery at Leica Store San Francisco, in collaboration with Contact Press Images, is excited to announce the upcoming photography exhibit, and the world premiere of We Choose to go to the Moon, as well as the release of the book of the same name featuring the photographs of David Burnett. The photographs document the launch of the Apollo XI mission. The exhibit opens July 11, 2019, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon, July 20, 1969.
At the time, 22-year-old, David Burnett was a photographer working for TIME Magazine out of the Miami bureau. Burnett’s coverage region included the area off Florida’s Space Coast where the Apollo XI rocket would launch. In May of 1969, he had photographed the launch of Apollo X as a warm-up and two months later he went on to record the launch of Apollo XI carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins whose mission was to land and walk on the moon.It was David's idea to record the events for TIME by turning his camera away from the rocket and focus on the 'space' that the visiting tourists, from near and far, had staked out to celebrate and witness the moments leading up to and during the Apollo XI rocket launch.
"Looking back on fifty years, there are many things which come to mind; the clothing, antiquated film cameras, transistor radios, enormous automobiles, courtesy and attitudes, patience while waiting at a gas station in the middle of the night to use a solitary restroom, and the absence of cell phones!
As much as Apollo XI became a lodestone for human endeavors in space, the massive gathering that represented the American clan: present and in the moment, there to observe the launching. These pictures leave us with a snapshot of what the country’s tempo was like at that time and how man’s quest for space could captivate, amaze, delight and cause a nation to hold its breath looking skyward."
- David Burnett (Contact Press Images) 2019
More details: http://gallery.leicastoresf.com/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon-david-burnett
David BurnettWe Choose to go to the Moon© David Burnett/Contact Press Images
July 11 - October 12, 2019Artist Reception and Book Signing:Thursday, July 11, 2019 between 6pm and 8pmClick to pre-order book!
The Gallery at Leica Store San Francisco, in collaboration with Contact Press Images, is excited to announce the upcoming photography exhibit, and the world premiere of We Choose to go to the Moon, as well as the release of the book of the same name featuring the photographs of David Burnett. The photographs document the launch of the Apollo XI mission. The exhibit opens July 11, 2019, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon, July 20, 1969.
At the time, 22-year-old, David Burnett was a photographer working for TIME Magazine out of the Miami bureau. Burnett’s coverage region included the area off Florida’s Space Coast where the Apollo XI rocket would launch. In May of 1969, he had photographed the launch of Apollo X as a warm-up and two months later he went on to record the launch of Apollo XI carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins whose mission was to land and walk on the moon.It was David's idea to record the events for TIME by turning his camera away from the rocket and focus on the 'space' that the visiting tourists, from near and far, had staked out to celebrate and witness the moments leading up to and during the Apollo XI rocket launch.
"Looking back on fifty years, there are many things which come to mind; the clothing, antiquated film cameras, transistor radios, enormous automobiles, courtesy and attitudes, patience while waiting at a gas station in the middle of the night to use a solitary restroom, and the absence of cell phones!
As much as Apollo XI became a lodestone for human endeavors in space, the massive gathering that represented the American clan: present and in the moment, there to observe the launching. These pictures leave us with a snapshot of what the country’s tempo was like at that time and how man’s quest for space could captivate, amaze, delight and cause a nation to hold its breath looking skyward."
- David Burnett (Contact Press Images) 2019
More details: http://gallery.leicastoresf.com/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon-david-burnett
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July 11 - October 12, 2019Artist Reception and Book Signing:Thursday, July 11, 2019 between 6pm and 8pmClick to pre-order book!
The Gallery at Leica Store San Francisco, in collaboration with Contact Press Images, is excited to announce the upcoming photography exhibit, and the world premiere of We Choose to go to the Moon, as well as the release of the book of the same name featuring the photographs of David Burnett. The photographs document the launch of the Apollo XI mission. The exhibit opens July 11, 2019, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon, July 20, 1969.
At the time, 22-year-old, David Burnett was a photographer working for TIME Magazine out of the Miami bureau. Burnett’s coverage region included the area off Florida’s Space Coast where the Apollo XI rocket would launch. In May of 1969, he had photographed the launch of Apollo X as a warm-up and two months later he went on to record the launch of Apollo XI carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins whose mission was to land and walk on the moon.It was David's idea to record the events for TIME by turning his camera away from the rocket and focus on the 'space' that the visiting tourists, from near and far, had staked out to celebrate and witness the moments leading up to and during the Apollo XI rocket launch.
"Looking back on fifty years, there are many things which come to mind; the clothing, antiquated film cameras, transistor radios, enormous automobiles, courtesy and attitudes, patience while waiting at a gas station in the middle of the night to use a solitary restroom, and the absence of cell phones!
As much as Apollo XI became a lodestone for human endeavors in space, the massive gathering that represented the American clan: present and in the moment, there to observe the launching. These pictures leave us with a snapshot of what the country’s tempo was like at that time and how man’s quest for space could captivate, amaze, delight and cause a nation to hold its breath looking skyward."
- David Burnett (Contact Press Images) 2019
More details: http://gallery.leicastoresf.com/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon-david-burnett
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