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Topic: Apollo Remastered (Andy Saunders)
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cspg
Member Posts: 6333
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-23-2021 10:39 AM
   
Apollo Remastered
by Andy Saunders This definitive book about the Apollo missions reveals hundreds of extraordinary, newly-restored images from the NASA archives that provide a never-before-seen perspective on the Apollo endeavors.In Houston, Texas, there is a frozen vault that preserves the original NASA photographic film of the Apollo missions. For half a century, almost every image of the Moon landings publicly available was produced from a lower-quality copy of these frozen originals. Over the last few years, NASA's image restorer Andy Saunders has been working hard. Taking newly available digital scans and applying pain-staking care and cutting-edge enhancement techniques, he has created the highest quality Apollo photographs ever produced. Never-before-seen spacewalks and crystal-clear portraits of astronauts in their spacecraft, along with startling new visions of the Earth and the Moon, offer astounding new insight into one of our greatest endeavors. This is the definitive record of all Apollo missions and a mesmerizing, high-definition journey into the unknown. - Hardcover, 336 pages
- Black Dog & Leventhal (September 6, 2022)
- ISBN-10: 024150869X
- ISBN-13: 978-0241508695
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RobertB
Member Posts: 269
From: Israel
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 08-27-2022 08:04 AM
I'm going to be in London the week before the exhibition opens.  Anyone know more about the book/remastered images? Do you think it's worth adding besides volumes such as Picturing Apollo 11? |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4503
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 08-27-2022 09:48 AM
Something tells me the new book will be one of those must haves for any space enthusiast.Coverage in the UK media ahead of release has been incredible and the book is already trending as Amazon UK #1 Best Seller. I anticipate buying two copies: one of them for just day to day gawping. |
BMckay
Member Posts: 3949
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 09-26-2022 01:52 PM
This book looks awesome. Well worth the $55 on amazon. Looking forward to seeing it. |
Lasv3
Member Posts: 459
From: Bratislava, Slovakia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 09-27-2022 03:00 AM
My copy arrived a few days ago, the book is a treasure, really special.On the other hand, the Amazon packaging is a disaster (I bought from Amazon Germany) — a big box without any means to avoid the free movement of the book inside during the transport, no plastic cover, the book arrived damaged. A really lousy job of Amazon for a 60 euros book. And this is not only my experience, if you look at the Amazon Germany book reviews you see that nearly everybody complains. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6333
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-27-2022 06:48 AM
Ordered mine from Amazon France and was shipped from the UK by DHL Express (didn't ask for this). The best Amazon packaging I've ever seen: Bubble paper wrapped with additional paper preventing the book to move inside the package. Amazing (both book and packaging). |
BMckay
Member Posts: 3949
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 09-27-2022 11:53 AM
My son just moved to England and plans to get me a copy or two for an early Christmas gift. He did all my space stuff in Florida for the last few years and now can do some over there. Plus he knows how to pack things. Looking forward to seeing this book up close. If anyone wants a signed copy, let me know. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3642
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-03-2022 09:52 AM
I'd like to point out that the Apollo 9 photo of McDivitt, which is presented by mister Saunders as a spectacular find in the press, was already posted as 'Photo of the Week' by me in 2007. |
Buel
Member Posts: 852
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 10-03-2022 04:44 PM
Although I respect Andy Saunders, isn't there a history of this sort of claim or was it the press? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 49751
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-03-2022 06:28 PM
Andy says he makes no claims about his photos being never before seen, but rather they are cleaner versions of what has been available before. The press sometimes has taken liberty with that distinction and drawn it out to be more than it is or should be. In the case of the Apollo 9 photo, I would say the differences between Andy's version and what Ed previously posted is the depth in color and crispness of the photo in "Apollo Remastered." |
BMckay
Member Posts: 3949
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 10-11-2022 07:36 PM
Just got my copy. Very well done. It is full of cool photos. Well worth the price. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 49751
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-25-2022 12:02 AM
collectSPACE 'Apollo Remastered' features new look at moon mission photographyThey say you should never judge a book by its cover, but the image fronting a new tome of astronaut photography speaks volumes for what is found inside. The product of years of image processing work by British space and photography enthusiast Andy Saunders, "Apollo Remastered: The Ultimate Photographic Record" presents more than 400 images that visually document every mission of NASA's first moon landing program and some of the U.S. human spaceflights that preceded them into Earth orbit. First published in the U.K. last month, "Apollo Remastered" landed on U.S. book store shelves on Tuesday (Oct. 25) from Black Dog & Leventhal.  |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3544
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-26-2022 01:31 PM
I received this magnificent book as a Christmas present and I agree with Rick Mulheirn's comment in August that it is a book which every space enthusiast ought to have.Two small technical points: First, I think the print in the captions ought to have been white on black rather than grey on black to provide better contrast. Second, given that Andy Saunders is British, it is decidedly odd that he has repeatedly referred to the Apollo 15 command module as "Endeavor" instead of the correct British spelling ("Endeavour") in honour of Captain Cook's ship, HMB 'Endeavour'. However, neither point detracts from the majesty of the images themselves. I was particularly impressed by a number of unusual pictures: I have never seen the in-flight shot of all three Apollo 9 astronauts, and the shot of the departing SIVB on its simulated TLI burn is presented in far better detail than I have seen before. I could go on, but I will limit myself to echoing Rick's advice that this is one for a space enthusiast's book-shelves. |
Headshot
Member Posts: 1160
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 01-04-2023 08:14 PM
I will add my voice to the chorus. My daughter got me this book for Christmas, and I will be forever grateful to her for doing so.Apollo Remastered is a book for the ages. The aspect that really impressed me, besides the wonderfully processed images, is the inclusion of images showing astronauts themselves during their trips to the moon. From images of a determined Walt Cunningham doffing/donning his Apollo suit in Apollo 7's cabin, to a grinning Al Shepard aboard Kitty Hawk, to a bone-weary Gene Cernan standing(?) next to a pile of filthy moon suites in Challenger's cabin, this book conveys the often overlooked emotional nature of these incredible journeys. |
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