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This fascinating view of lunar imagery?explores visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography to the present Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, Apollo?s Muse honors?the rich history of photographic representations of the moon, from rarely seen early daguerreotypes to contemporary video art. Engaging and accessible, the book explores how photographers captured this celestial body?and how the images have in turn inspired artists, writers, and scientists.? ? The book?s wide-ranging focus includes extraordinary?reproductions of the first successful series of lunar daguerreotypes by the American photographer John Adams Whipple, along with film stills from Voyage dans la Lune (1902) by Georges M?li?s;?American ?paper moon? studio portraits; images from the Apollo mission; and works by contemporary artists, including?Vija Celmins, Roy Lichtenstein, Aleksandra Mir, Vik Muniz, Nam June Paik, and Robert Rauschenberg. Related prints, drawings,

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