First Earthrise: the first color photograph of the first Earthrise witnessed by humans (original square Hasselblad frame format), William Anders [Apollo 8], 21-27 December 1968


printed 1968
vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper
10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm)

A superb and extremely rare printing in the original square format of the Hasselblad frame of one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century.

'A Kodak Paper' watermarks to verso. [NASA image AS8-14-2383]note: Media visuals referencing the original NASA photograph(s) not included.

Literature: LIFE, 10 January 1969, ppg. 20-21 National Geographic, May 1969, ppg. 596-597 Newsweek, 7 July 1969, cover Time, 10 January 1969, pg. 41 The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962–1972, Schick and Van Haaften, pg. 98 Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs, Chaikin, pg. 83 Airborne Camera: The World from the Air and Outer Space, Newhall, ppg. 136-37 Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Jacobs, pg. 32 Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, Reynolds, pg. 111

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