This Is Mars - Mid-Sized Edition

The award-winning French editor and designer Xavier Barral has chosen frames drawn from the comprehensive photographic map of Mars made by the observation satellite Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Barral scoured tens of thousands of gigabytes of satellite photographs available from NASA, seeking out the most distinct images of the planet¿s surface. The result is visionary¿a science book, an artist¿s book, and a stunning object.

About the author

Xavier Barral is a photographer, former art director, and founder of Paris-based publishers Éditions Xavier Barral. Among other awards, he has received the Art Book Prize at the Frankfurt Book Fair for Andy Warhol, cinéma, published by Éditions Carré. Éditions Xavier Barral was established in 2002.Dr. Alfred S. McEwen is professor in the Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, and director of the Planetary Image Research Lab (PIRL).Francis Rocard is an astrophysicist and leader of the Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES) Mars exploration program.Nicolas Mangold is a geophysicist based in Nantes, France.

Summary

This Is Mars offers a thrilling visual experience of the surface of the red planet. The multi-award-winning French editor and designer Xavier Barral has chosen and composed photographic frames, drawn from the comprehensive photographic map of Mars made by the U.S. observation satellite MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter), to revel in the wonder of Mars.

Product details

• Authors: Xavier Barral, Barral Xavier, Sebastien Girard, Sébastien Girard, Nicolas Mangold, Alfred McEwen, Alfred Rocard McEwen, Alfred S. McEwen, McEwen Alfred S., Francis Rocard, Rocard Francis
• Assisted by: Xavier Barral (Editor)
• Publisher: Aperture Publishers USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781597114158
• ISBN: 978-1-59711-415-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Photographs: collections, Individual photographers, Solar system: the Sun & planets, Solar system: the Sun and planets, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy