The Photographs That Paved the Way for Apollo 11

Moonlike shapes haunt this abstract photogram, made in 1925 by the artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Photograms are made by placing objects on photographic paper and exposing it. Docking the Mothership, from a story Elliot Erwitt photographed in February 1963 about progress in moon exploration. This albumen silver print by French photographer Eugène Atget depicts a crowd …

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