Moonbug News

Hi friends and supporters of Moonbug!

I had some good news yesterday, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston on Monday purchased for their permanent collection my portrait of Gene Cernans foot, the last foot to walk on the moon. It was a long selction process but Im really happy at the outcome. 

Further, Nichola Bruce the director of Moonbug, a movie that documents my travels to meet and photograph the astronauts that walked, has posted three short clips from the film on You Tube. I have highlighted them below.

Enjoy!

Best as ever,

Steve

Moonbug now available on Amazon

Moonbug has just been released in the states on NTSC through Amazon. You can order by heading on into this link.

'Apollo Remembered' Exhibition in New Orleans 13 April - 4 May

My show in New Orleans next week featuring work from the Apollo series as well as a screening of Nichola Bruce's 'Moonbug' and a Q + A. Invite shown below and more information underneath that...

APOLLO REMEMBERED at Good Children Gallery, Opening April 13, 2013 6pm

MOONBUG - documentary film Screening as part of Film-O-Rama, Prytania Theater, April 11, 7:30 pm

The New Orleans Photo Alliance is proud to be partnering with Good Children Gallery and The New Orleans Film Society to bring acclaimed Photographer Steve Pyke for two events in April: Apollo Remembered (Pyke’s work about the men that walked on the moon) and Moonbug, a documentary film directed by Nichola Bruce. Moonbug documents Pyke’s travels in search for the trailblazers of one of mankind’s greatest achievements of the 20th century.

Apollo Remembered

Bitten by the ‘Moonbug’, photographer Steve Pyke set out on a journey across America to meet and photograph the Apollo space pioneers. A journey in which he was to meet the adventurers, risk takers and dreamers who were behind one of the most historic endeavors of our time.

From living rooms, and moonscape deserts, to Cape Canaveral, Steve captures these men in frank, revealing portraits, while unravelling their very personal and divergent memories. Apollo Remembered will be opening Saurday, April 13th at 6pm, Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA 70117.

Moonbug

Documented by filmmaker Nichola Bruce with rare archive footage and an original score by Matt Johnson (The The), Moonbug is both a photographic road trip and an exploration of how photographs become signposts for history. Moonbug will screen as part of Film-O-Rama, Thursday April 11th, 7:30 pm at the Prytania Theater. There will be a Q&A with Steve Pyke after screening.

More info here: http://www.neworleansfilmsociety.org/films/detail/1370/Moonbug 

Apollo Exhibition and PhotoNOLA Workshop

Dear friends,

In the off chance that you are in Houston on November 16, I am having an exhibition there accompanied by Nichola Bruces' film Moonbug. Would be a lovely surprise to see you there...

I will also be at Photo NOLA leading a workshop on portrait photography on the streets of New Orleans. Brief details below but for full details and how to register, head here. 

PhotoNOLA Portrait Workshop with Steve Pyke

New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery

Sunday December 2, 2012
10am – 4pm
Workshop Fee: $75 | Registration opens Monday, Nov 5
Class limit: 10 participants

Moonbug Soundtrack by 'The The' available to buy now!

Cineola Volume 2: Moonbug, the soundtrack by THE THE to the award winning documentary feature film directed by Nichola Bruce is now available for purchase.

The film follows Steve on his extraordinary journey across America to meet, interview and photograph his childhood heroes – the men who went to the moon.

This 80 page deluxe hardback edition features 17 new tracks from THE THE, portraits of the Apollo astronauts by Steve Pyke, an extensive interview with Steve Pyke by Matt Johnson plus notes from the director and stills from the film.

You can buy the Moonbug soundtrack Book/CD here. You can also head over here to read an extract of the conversation with The The's Matt Johnson and Steve.

Official trailer for THE THE's original soundtrack CD/Book for Moonbug:

Talk: Steve Pyke and Nichola Bruce Q+A after 'Moonbug' film screening

24 November 2011

Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton

A screening of the film MOONBUG followed by Q&A with director Nichola Bruce and photographer Steve Pyke.

A CINECITY talk in association with Photoworks

“What was it actually like to walk on the moon?” asks British photographer Steve Pyke. Winner of the Special Jury Award when it premiered at Houston International Film Festival earlier this year, MOONBUG explores the experiences of the science-fiction dream come true with the astronauts who made the bold step.

When photographer Steve Pyke went to meet and photograph the original team of the Apollo Space expedition, fellow Brit, Nichola Bruce went to film them. With archive footage of the Nasa moon landing and an original score from Matt Johnson (The The), Pyke shares intimate moments with his subjects and their frank accounts of the risk-taking, monumental journey.

An evolution of their collaborative touring exhibition ‘Man on the Moon’, MOONBUG is as much an exploration of memory and perception, and the documentation of time as it is space. The engaging, articulate astronauts offer philosophical insights into the motivations behind their participation and the bigger picture: how we understand and perceive the universe, where we fit in among these ‘signposts of history’, and the vulnerability of our lonely planet.

Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton

8.00pm Thursday 24 November 2011

£6 / £5

Tickets available in advance from this website, or on the evening of the event at the Sallis Benney Theatre.

For more information visit the CINECITY website

Moonbug Premiere and Trailer

Hi everyone!

A film about the Astronauts I photographed that walked on the moon opens at the
Houston Film Festival on May 19!

Visit the website for more information and trailers from the film (one of which is shown below)

I was much younger and the voice a little higher!

best to you all there....... Steve

Moonbug Trailer from moonbug the film on Vimeo.

'Moonbug' selected for World premiere at Houston International Film Festival

Dr Buzz Aldrin, Los Angeles, 1998 ©STEVE PYKE

'Moonbug' featuring Steve Pyke officially selected for world premiere by the Houston international Film Festival!

Steve said
'The synchronicity of opening so close to NASA and the Space Centre is wonderful and just feels so completely right.

The documentary has also been nominated for a Remi Award in the feature film category



The documentary 'Moonbug' directed by Nichola Bruce that follows Steve on his lifelong ambition to photograph many of the people that were integral to the American space programme that led to the first moon landing, for more information and clips, see Nichola's website

Behind the scenes of 'Astonauts'

Dr Buzz Aldrin, Los Angeles, 1998 ©STEVE PYKE

Steve's 'Astronauts' series can be seen here on the website as well as accompanying text and quotes from many of the subjects Steve photographed.

This post is not about the images themselves but some footage from behind the scenes with video from

The Johnson Space Centre

Eugen Kranz

Walter Cunningham

Fred Haise

Alan L Bean

ALL VIDEOS CAN BE SEEN HERE

All clips taken from 'Moonbug' a film following Steve's travels as he photographed these icons of the 20th century. The film was made by Nichola Bruce and more information on the documentary can be seen here.