Skylab 3 command module's parachutes unfurling during descent.
NASA, 1973
Vintage silver gelatin print

Lunar module pilot undergoing final flight suit fit check
NASA, 1971
Vintage silver gelatin print

Artist's impression of Astronauts James B. Irwin and David R. Scott driving the Lunar Roving vehicule on the Moon's surface.
NASA, 1971
Vintage silver gelatin print

An Atlas-Centaur rocket carrying the Martha 6 spacecraft illuminates the sky over Cocoa beach, Florida.
NASA, 1969
Vintage silver gelatin print

The Conquest of Space
© J. Siegelman, c. 1960's
Vintage silver gelatin print

the conquest of space
   
 
The Conquest Of Space
Camera Press Archive
14th August- 13th September 2003

Hovering uneasily on the borders between fact and fiction, "The Conquest of Space" is a humourous yet telling look at our fantasies of space exploration. The Camera Press Archive has a large collection of images issued by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) of the USA in the years between the late 1960's and the mid 1970's.

This exhibtion includes photographs of ground staff, extraordinary machines, artist's drawings and equipment tests as well as more familiar images of astronauts and the first journey to the moon. After forty years the images appear more fantastical than they did in the Cold War era- looking at some of them we are irresistibly reminded of a B-Movie set.

All of these rarely seen vintage prints are available for purchase, from £200 ex. vat.For more information, or to order prints, contact printsales@tomblaugallery.com