Good question! How I see this book differing from other Apollo related publications (including the two books you mention, which I have been lucky to get my hands on over the past months) is that our book pays homage the guys who took these iconic photographs.

These images are so ingrained in visual culture that you quite often forget the human element to the story. That these images were taken by someone who really had to consider the shot, shooting film in which he didn't know if the image was under/over exposed etc (Also using a Hasselblad camera isn't the easiest to operate on earth, let alone on the moon!)

Our book aims to highlight the fact that the astronauts created some of the most significant images to ever be created by mankind. So given that insight, the selection of images will be curated on artistic merit (and not just a book that regurgitates the same old "money shots"). Basically, we want to create a book which really honours and celebrates the Apollo astronauts as the great image makers that they were.

We are not claiming to make the definitive book on the Apollo missions, but to produce a beautifully crafted and considered book. Investing in the finish to make sure these images really shine. Something a major publishing house couldn't afford to do due it having much larger overheads and profit margins to maintain. We have built up a team with a great range of expertise to offer something quite special design and production wise.

I hope that elaborates on our goal a little further!

Thanks again for the support!

We think the beauty of crowdfunding lies in the fact everyone can contribute to the project. Therefore we are very curious what you guys think of our book and are open for suggestions, comments or any form of contribution.

Since the launch of the campaign we've received numerous interesting comments to further develop this book. Some of the things we've looked into and are now adding to our book are the lunar photography map for the Apollo 11 landing site and the Fallen Astronaut photograph taken by David R. Scott during Apollo 15.

We believe additions like these can really make this book into something special which also makes it even more unique.

If this book can print the effort and comments by the astronauts behind the photos, all to the better. And if it can describe the process taken by ground support personnel in choosing, adapting and designing the cameras and procedures for taking the photos, that would be a plus too.

We're pretty excited to tell you that we'll be visiting the printer tomorrow, where we'll see the first pages to come off the press. To share our excitement we thought it would be nice to show you a visualisation of the belly band cover and some of the final spreads of the book.

July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing — a milestone in the history of humankind. Today, the adventure, courage, and ground-breaking accomplishment behind the NASA Apollo missions remains as compelling as ever.

• Hardcover: 320 pages
  
• teNeues Publishing Company (October 15, 2018)
  
• ISBN-10: 3961711321
  
• ISBN-13: 978-3961711321

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Originally posted by cspg:
From this link, you can order the book.

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