Apollo VII – XVII introduction
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:56 pm
Hi guys,
New to the forum with this account, but already visited a lot during my thesis which I wrote about Kickstarter, I'm a 24 year old art director who works at a creative agency in Amsterdam. About a week ago we went live with our latest Kickstarter project and thought you might like the story behind the concept.
Generally the Apollo astronauts are hailed for being some of the greatest scientists, adventurers, explorers and heroes, but rarely are they portrayed as some of the most significant photographers of all time.
We had already been searching for a book that do these images justice, but with the recent release of the nearly 15,000 Apollo mission photographs on Flickr by Kipp Teague, our frustration grew even bigger. Because this book just doesn’t seem to exist.
It dawned on us: we make books all the time, so why not make it ourselves? To create a book which combines our love of photography with the history of space travel. A book that immortalises not only these historic photographs but also the iconic image-makers that these astronauts were.
You can check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1230804867/nasas-apollo-program-vii-xvii
Kind regards from Amsterdam,
Joel and the rest of the Apollo VII – XVII Kickstarter team
New to the forum with this account, but already visited a lot during my thesis which I wrote about Kickstarter, I'm a 24 year old art director who works at a creative agency in Amsterdam. About a week ago we went live with our latest Kickstarter project and thought you might like the story behind the concept.
Generally the Apollo astronauts are hailed for being some of the greatest scientists, adventurers, explorers and heroes, but rarely are they portrayed as some of the most significant photographers of all time.
We had already been searching for a book that do these images justice, but with the recent release of the nearly 15,000 Apollo mission photographs on Flickr by Kipp Teague, our frustration grew even bigger. Because this book just doesn’t seem to exist.
It dawned on us: we make books all the time, so why not make it ourselves? To create a book which combines our love of photography with the history of space travel. A book that immortalises not only these historic photographs but also the iconic image-makers that these astronauts were.
You can check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1230804867/nasas-apollo-program-vii-xvii
Kind regards from Amsterdam,
Joel and the rest of the Apollo VII – XVII Kickstarter team