Live from the Moon, an Exhibition
- Date 14 April 2023 - 12.00 p.m. - 6 May 2023 - 5.00 p.m.
- Location The Barn
Join us for an exhibition in the Barn. This is one of many exhibitions that are taking place all around Oxford for the Photo Oxford Festival 2023.
The organisers write:
"This exhibition comprises a selection from a personal archive of gelatin silver photographs sent out as press prints by NASA in the 1960s and ‘70s to publicize the American agency’s efforts to land men on the moon. These photographs hover between abstractions and documents, requiring extensive captions to explain their otherwise puzzling appearance. Facilitated by rockets and high-tech communications equipment, they are the products of an American military industrial complex that was simultaneously bombing Vietnam abroad and suppressing civil rights at home. As a total exhibition, Live from the Moon therefore embodies both America’s achievements and its shortcomings.
This exhibition is part of the Photo Oxford Festival 2023, which explores the theme The Hidden Power of the Archive, and offers free exhibitions and a range of events across Oxford and online. The biennial Photo Oxford Festival is produced by Photography Oxford, an independent charity (reg. no. 1154142). Visit for more information about the Festival and how you can support our work, and to give us your feedback."
Hours
14 April – 6 May 2023, Thurs – Sun 12:00 – 17:00
Curators' Talks:
26 April and May 3, 17:00-18:00
The Daily Telegraph (USA), A picture of the moon’s surface transmitted from Ranger IX and seen live on television by millions of Americans yesterday. Taken at an altitude of 90 miles, 50 seconds before impact, it shows the rilles, or narrow valleys, and small craters of Alphonsus. 25 March 1965 gelatin silver photograph 17.0 x 20.0 cm (image)