Remembering the Space Age. - Black Vault Radio Network (BVRN)

exaMINING the ICONIC aND reDISCOVerING the phOtOGraphY Of 305
SpaCe expLOratION IN CONtext tO the hIStOrY Of phOtOGraphY
July 4, 2006: Shuttle Discovery Return to Flight. (©Scott Andrews)
Considered the guru of remote rocket launch photography by his peers,
andrews has been able to document both the magic and the elegance of the
machines that launch into space through a combination of imagination and
inventiveness. 51 With no two launches ever identical, he achieves his imagery by
strategically placing multiple motor driven cameras—with varying focal length
lenses—in and around a rocket’s launch pad complex regardless of weather and
time of day. 52 the scope of andrew’s work can be examined in context to
51. andrews is a Washington, DC based photographer whose work has been published in magazines
such as Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Smithsonian, and Discover.
52. according to andrews,the automated fring of the remote cameras around the launchpad,regardless
of the time of day, is activated by the sound or vibration of the rocket engines at ignition.When the
sound or vibration reaches a predetermined level, the camera trigger will fre the linked cameras.