50 Years of Space Photography
March 17, 2019 through April 26, 2024
(now available to see in stacks)
Stephen Johnson Photography. Pacifica Center for the Arts
50 Years of Space Photography Exhibition. Stephen Johnson Photography. Pacifica Center for the Arts. 2019
Photographer Stephen Johnson has curated, edited and printed and exhibition of new prints from over 50 years of Space Photography. This mind-blowing journey of a Space Photography Exhibit evolved out of Steve’s longterm interest in the space program and views offered of the heavens and by spacecraft far away. This is an expressive look at photographs from NASA and others parading wonders of the very large and distant in this printed exploration of photographs Steve had been gathering for years.
50 Years of Space Photography. Our Moon, Solar System, Galaxy and the Universe Beyond
Steve with Two Prints from the Space Photography Exhibit. 2018
50 Years of Space Photography features more than 52 photographs from planetary probes, the Hubble and Webb Space Telescopes, and NASA’s manned space program. A tribute to Apollo 11 on this 50th. Anniversary of the Moon landing is featured. Stunning photographs recovered over the last decade from the 1966 Lunar Orbiter are paired with remarkable new lunar landscapes from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. New photographs are added as they sent back to Earth and NASA makes them available. These 40 inch prints allow a drama and intimacy rarely seem in these wonderful photographs.
This exhibition was printed on the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-4000 with its auto roll paper feeder on Canon Luster paper. Paper and ink supplied by Canon through Steve’s Canon Explorer of Light relationship.
This exhibit also features some of Steve’s photographs of the space program. Steve’s original prints and Public Domain images he has printed from the Space Photography exhibit will be for sale.
Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk Footage. July 20, 1969.
Pluto. 2015.New Horizons. NASA.
Space shuttle Atlantis. Air and Space Museum Annex. 2018. Stephen Johnson.
Jack Schmitt at Tracy's Rock, East Massif at Taurus-Littrow with Lunar Rover. Apollo 17 . Moon. NASA. 1974
Detail. Chappy Crater. 2016. The Moon. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA.
Other Worldly Opening. Pacifica Center for the Arts. March 17, 2019.
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Landing Party Video (rough cut)
July 22, 2019
A rough cut of the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Landing Party at Stephen Johnson Photography. Pacifica, CA. July 20, 2019.
As Apollo 11 returns to the Earth (-50 years) I thought I would share some video from our Landing Party Saturday night. Featuring an extended presentation on the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project by Dennis Wingo. Interviews with TV Correspondent Morton Dean and Saturn V Engineer Dr. Eugene Worley not yet included.
Our three new Space related publications were featured at the celebration, the 50 Years of Space Photography catalog, Apollo 11 Photography, and the Apollo 11 Collector’s Portfolio. All can be found on our Products page.
Here is the rough-cut video for those of you who couldn't be with us:
Large Space Prints made on Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-4000 44 inch printer on Canon paper.
Thanks for the installation help goes to Fiona McDonnell, David Gardner, Eleanor Normile, Carl Schwab and Alex Dziesinski.