Brain Vault

Brain Vault

Photograph

Elliott Erwitt

Maker
American, b. France, 1928–2023

Brain Vault

Project Moon Progresses


1963
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (22.5 × 14.9 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0476
Inscriptions Type printed with negative BC: (Moon Progress) 2/63 5) BRAIN VAULT: In a room locked by combination, project engineers of the Martin Marietta \ Advance Research and Management Planning Center in Denver plot the creation of a missle, from blueprint to \ blastoff time for a moon capsule. They even chart wage increases and strike probabilities in space factories. \ Most results are classified - including the trash. Dumped into a padlocked wastebasket, it is picked up by \ classified garbage men and burned in a classified oven. Credit: Elliott Erwitt © 1963 MAGNUM Photos
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