CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 7/20/2019

Today, we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned moon landing with T. Adler's elegant 'The Moon 1968–1972'

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 lunar landing, and we're celebrating with T. Adler's superbly curated collection of Moon photographs. Featured photograph, of Station 9 in front of the East Massif, the Moon, was made in 1972 by Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan. It is one of almost 20,000 pictures taken over 10 Apollo missions. "Although the astronauts’ task was simply to document their activities and strange surroundings, many of the images have unintended artful compositions," Tom Adler writes. “'Sunstruck' tonal shifts and in-camera cropping only enhance their unconscious aesthetic and beautiful, deft outtake quality."