First Light
dal 5/3/2010 al 29/5/2010
Segnalato da
5/3/2010
First Light
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
Photography & Astronomy. The exhibition will comprise a first-time combination of uniqe historical astronomy photographs, from Dutch collections, and present-day images made by famous telescopes and space probes such as ESO, Hubble and Cassini.
Since the late 19th century, astronomers have been exploring the limits of human perception by way of photography. Those limits were surpassed once and for all with the arrival of space travel and the satellite. In photographs, the seemingly infinite size of the universe is reduced to human proportions, yet it remains an elusive idea. Partly for that reason, astronomy has had a long history of popularizing research. In the past, original photographs appeared in illustrated non-specialist publications on astronomy. Nowadays the information that astronomers gather for their research is translated into spectacular and almost painterly images that reach us via newspapers, magazines, television and the Internet.
The exhibition will comprise a first-time combination of uniqe historical astronomy photographs, from Dutch collections, and present-day images made by famous telescopes and space probes such as ESO, Hubble and Cassini.
Organized in collaboration with the Stichting Academisch Erfgoed (SAE) and the Nedelrandse Onderzoekschool voor Astronomie (NOVA).
Image: Hubble Space Telescope (NASA, ESA). Central Region of the Carina Nebula. April 2007
For more information and press photos, please contact Wannes Ketelaars: tel. 020 5318980, info@huismarseille.nl
The exhibition will be opened on Saturday 6 March 2010 (from 5 to 7 pm) by Prof. Dr. Huib Henrichs, professor of astronomy at the VU University Amsterdam and the Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam.
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography
Keizersgracht 401, 1016 EK Amsterdam The Netherlands
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 11 am - 6 pm