Staring into the vastness of space
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CURATED by Jay Belloli for California/International Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, California, “Zero Gravity, the History of Space Photography” exhibition takes a glance into the vastness of space at the Westlicht Gallery in Vienna, Austria.
In 150 rare photographs, the museum presents a walk through the history of space photography: from 19th century black and white pictures of comets moving overhead to the first photograph of Earth in front of the dark background of the universe to the colorful images modern high performance telescopes deliver from the depths of our galaxy.
Since the dawn of human consciousness, our species has been staring in wonder at the cosmos.
Early civilizations performed naked-eye observations of the night sky. The development of the telescope in the early 17th century allowed astronomers like Galileo to learn in increasing detail what wonderful objects the heavens contained.
With the creation of photography in the 1830s, astronomers were able to make permanent records of their observations, preserve them over time and share them among their peers.
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