Apollo Triptychs

Tom R. Chambers works with Project Apollo photographs in triptych form by utilizing the “raw” scan sheets at Flickr provided by NASA to focus on a series of three images per triptych art piece. The triptych is an image in three parts. It is a popular format in the Arts and designed to be displayed as a single piece.

Book on Amazon:

Apollo Triptychs: Chambers, Tom R.: 9798578174896: Amazon.com: Books

PDF format: 

triptych_apollo_book.pdf (tomrchambers.com)

The triptych form arises from early Christian art, and was a popular standard format for altar paintings from the Middle Ages onwards. Its geographical range was from the eastern Byzantine churches to the Celtic churches in the west. During the Byzantine period, triptychs were often used for private devotional use, along with other relics such as icons. (Wp) 

Chambers considers the Apollo images iconic and befitting for triptych treatment. They are in sequence per triptych, and provide variations of the particular scene. These variations create shift (“movement”), juxtapositions, and geometry for the overall piece. The images that comprise the three-paneled art pieces can be downloaded individually from Flickr for large-scale production (printing and installation). The triptychs follow in order of the Apollo missions, 7-17.

Apollo 7:




Apollo 8:






Apollo 9:












Apollo 10:







Apollo 11:














Apollo 12:







Apollo 13:





Apollo 14:





Apollo 15:






















Apollo 16:















Apollo 17:




















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