LUCA MISSONI
MOON ATLAS
Published by Diamiani Editore, 2019
Book size 33 x 27 cm
Pages 148
Hardcover
Language English
First edition
The Italian photographer Luca Missoni has always cultivated a great passion for the Moon. His interest in this celestial body originated in childhood when he began to explore the surface with a small telescope, back in the 1960s when space programs made the first lunar explorations possible. Subsequently, this passion led him to photograph the ever-changing appearance of the Moon in a rigorous, almost scientific way while, over the years, also pursuing his own artistic project that has been realized with the publication of a Lunar Atlas.
The book is introduced in a conversation with the artist and presents an extract from the famous astronomy treatise of Galileo Galilei. 'Moon Atlas' includes two main sections: in the first, the Moon is illustrated with more than forty shots in a detailed sequence of phases; the second part collects the unpublished chromatic experiments Missoni has made with his photographs. Published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the landing on the Moon, 'Moon Atlas' is an exciting voyage of discovery to a celestial body that has always continued to fascinate humanity.
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Italian photographer Luca Missoni has always cultivated a great passion for the Moon. His interest in this celestial body was born in childhood when he began to explore the surface with a small telescope, in the 1960s when space programs made the first lunar explorations possible. Subsequently, this passion led him to photograph the ever-changing aspect of the Moon in a rigorous, almost scientific way while continuing over the years his own artistic project that came to fruition with the publication of a Lunar Atlas.
The book is introduced in a conversation with the artist and presents an excerpt from Galileo Galilei's famous treatise on astronomy. 'Moon Atlas' comprises two main sections: in the first, the Moon is illustrated with over forty shots in a detailed sequence of phases; the second part brings together the unprecedented chromatic experiments that Missoni made with his photographs. Published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, 'Moon Atlas' is an exciting journey to discover a celestial body that has never ceased to fascinate humanity.