Leslie Cantwell collection
The Leslie Cantwell collection is a collection of large-format images of space and space exploration, signed and inscribed by astronauts from the Apollo Space programme. It was assembled by British collector Leslie Cantwell, who became interested in the history of space exploration in the late 1990s.[1][2] The collection has been exhibited at the Proud Galleries of London, the Kansas Cosmosphere, and the New Mexico Museum of Art.[2][3][4][5]
The collection comprises both originals and reprints of official NASA photographs, including images of all six Apollo Moon landings. Some images are original Hasselblad photographs (the official camera used on all Apollo missions). Many of the photographs were taken in space by the astronauts themselves; others were taken by NASA employees on the ground.
References
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- Smart, Alastair (10 June 2007). "From outer space". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- Administrator, System (2007-06-20). "Apollonian quest". Design Week. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- "On Monday, the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon, the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center will celebrate with several events:". The Hutchinson News. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- "Reflections: Images of Apollo | Exhibitions | MutualArt". www.nmartmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-08-15.