The Last Pictures – space art project headed for geostationary orbit and coming to a bookstore near you.
"The Last Pictures" art project was created by Trevor Paglen to travel into space on the Echostar 16 satellite, where it my last for a billion years. Creative Time commissioned the project. Top row (l to r): Cherry Blossoms; The Pit Scene, Lascaux Cave; Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park, Montana, 1940; Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park, Montana, 2006. Bottom row (l to r): Narbona Panel, Canyon de Chelly, Navajo Nation; Waterspout, Florida Keys; Suez Canal, Egypt; Dust Storm, Stratford, Texas.
"The Last Pictures" montage. Top row (l to r): Soyuz FG Rocket Launch, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan; Typhoon, Japan, Early Twentieth Century; Greek and Armenian Orphan Refugees Experience the Sea for the First Time, Marathon, Greece; Earthrise. Bottom row (l to r): Old Operating Theater, St. Thomas Church, Southwark, London; Glimpses of America, American National Exhibition, Moscow World’s Fair; Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Migrants Seen by Predator Drone, U.S.-Mexico Border.
"The Last Pictures" art project includes this photo of a Soyuz FG rocket launch, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
"The Last Pictures" art project includes this photo of a typhoon, Japan, early twentieth century.
"The Last Pictures" art project includes this photo of Greek and Armenian orphan refugees experiencing the sea for the first time, Marathon, Greece.
"The Last Pictures" art project includes this photo of the old operating theater, St. Thomas Church, Southwark, London.
The Russian Proton rocket carrying the Echostar 16 satellite and artwork by artist Trevor Paglen is raised into launch position for its Nov. 21, 2012, launch into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Russian Proton rocket carrying the Echostar 16 satellite and artwork by artist Trevor Paglen is raised into launch position for its Nov. 21, 2012, launch into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Russian Proton rocket carrying the Echostar 16 satellite and artwork by artist Trevor Paglen is raised into launch position for its Nov. 21, 2012, launch into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Artist Trevor Paglen created "The Last Pictures" art project for space launch. The project was commissioned by Creative Time
The Last Pictures disc that was attached to the outside of EchoStar XVI satellite.
Proton Breeze M rocket boosts EchoStar XVI spacecraft.
EchoStar XVI spacecraft being prepped for space sendoff.
