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.

Moonbug Exhibition at NASA, Houston

A brief video of the Moonbug exhibition at Johnson Space Centre, Houston which features work from Steve as well as filmmaker Nichola Bruce who directed the 'Moonbug' documentary.


MOONBUG - NASA Exhibition Houston 2012-13 from Nichola Bruce on Vimeo.

Featured:
Steve Pyke Apollo portraits & space artefacts
Nichola Bruce's film Moonbg, on continuous loop in specially built screening room
Dust installation
3 Channel Triptych

Steve Pyke on Family, Friends, and the Art of Roadkill Still-Life

Steve spoke the other day with photographer and educator Jonathan Worth who runs a free and open photography class called #picbod (Picturing the Body) in the UK.

In three separate videos Steve talks about photographing friends, family, the 'Los Muertos' series, 'Moonbug' and also answers questions from #picbod students among other topics. All of the videos are embedded below:

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:

Moonbug Screening Invite

Invite to the screening of 'Moonbug', taking place:

Tuesday November 22nd

6.00pm

BAFTA Princess Anne Theatre

195 Piccadilly,

London,

W1J 9LN

Followed by a Q+A with director Nichola Bruce, photographer Steve Pyke and Composer Matt Johnson, chaired by Sean O'Hagan.

If you would like to attend, RSVP to: ceo@screensouth.org

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 Wins at Houston Film Festival!

Nichola Bruce's documentary 'Moonbug', following Steve on his journey to meet and photograph the Apollo space pioneers has won the Houston Film Festival Special Jury Remi Award for Theatrical Feature Documentary!
You can find out more about the film on the official Moonbug website and see the trailer below:

Moonbug Trailer from moonbug the film on Vimeo.

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.