When we first got introduced to our final personal project we were shown a DVD named 'Moonbug'. Steve Pyke set out on a journey across America in his search to meet and photograph the Apollo space pioneers. The footage is very rare and interesting, its actually very inspiring to see the way Steve Pyke works with the Apollo space team and the way he seems to make it look so easy taking photographs on the Hasselblad. He has a very good way of speaking to people and making them feel extremely comfortable. The Dvd id both a photographic road trip and an exploration of how photographs become signposts for history.
The DVD made me feel a little uncomfortable as I was thinking about when I shoot the Hasselblad for myself and also how easy he made it seem whilst having a casual conversation with all of the Apollo Team. However, it gave me a little confidence to see how exciting the experience must have been.. also the outcome of his images are amazing and very defined.
Here are a few of his photographs below...
As you can see above the black backdrop Steve Pyke uses throughout photographing the Apollo team, really enhances their faces. Also it sort of reminds me of them being on the moon with the lighting he has used- I love this. The contrast of the images really make their facial features stand out and create quite dramatic shadows.
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