| Perhaps what is most interesting about the Apollo Saga is that it
finally marks a major break from the typical dynamics of historical exploration.
It is a leave-taking of such unprecedented grandeur and scale that it paradoxically
doubles back on itself. Rather than embodying a linear progression
to a new world that discards the old in pursuit of endless freedom and
limitless bounty, Apollos path is circular. Humanitys boldest and
most audacious movement outward from its home found itself relentlessly
looking in the opposite direction back toward Earth from the moment
it began. The missions proved that if an explorer pushes far enough
past the edge of the distant, promising and linear horizon it will disappear
entirely, reemerging transformed as a naked and open circle. --Michael
Light
In this majestically surreal world, the sky is always black, things
are always still, humans insulated against the hostile environment look
like aliens, and the lunar surface itself is strangely fragile and tranquil.
The pictures have a lovely splendor in poetry and a startling artistry
in the finest photography.
-Margaret Loke, New York Times |
