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Ein Bild Der Erde a Picture of the Earth Ein Bild der Erde von/by Damian Zimmermann A Picture of the Earth A ls der damals 28-jährige Stewart Brand im Fe- February 1966. Stewart Brand, 28 years old at the bruar 1966 auf dem Kiesdach seines Apartmenthau- time, was sitting on the gravel roof of his apartment ses in San Francisco saß und im Rausch eines gerade block in San Francisco, high on a recently popped LSD eingeworfenen LSD-Trips die Skyline beobachtete, trip and contemplating the skyline. Suddenly, he no- stellte er plötzlich fest, dass Hochhäuser nicht paral- ticed that high-rises do not climb into the sky parallel to lel zueinander in den Himmel steigen. Was nach einer one another. Viewed strictly in terms of physics, what schweren Halluzination klingt, ist streng physikalisch sounds like a serious hallucination is correct: the natu- Die Geschichte einer Fotografie, betrachtet richtig: Die natürliche Krümmung der ral curvature of the Earth’s surface produces the effect Erdoberfläche sorgt dafür, dass sich die Spitzen der that the tops of buildings, the higher they are, are ever die das Bewusstsein für Gebäude, je höher sie sind, immer weiter voneinander further removed from one another. But Brand’s train entfernen. Doch für Brand war dieser Gedankengang of thought had not yet arrived at its terminus, here: sit- unseren Planeten verändert hat, damit noch nicht zu Ende: Auf dem dritten Stockwerk ting on the block’s third storey and floating on 100 mi- des Hauses sitzend und auf 100 Mikrogramm Acid crograms of acid, he suddenly saw and felt the Earth’s schwebend, sah und fühlte er plötzlich die Krümmung curvature in front of and especially beneath him in total der Erde ganz deutlich vor und insbesondere unter clarity and soared further and further away from his begann auf einem Dach in “Earthrise” by astronaut William Anders, 1968 © Nasa sich und entfernte sich immer mehr von seinem tat- actual location in North Beach into orbit, from where sächlichen Standort in North Beach in Richtung Orbit, he beheld the Earth in its entirety – an image that must San Francisco – und S./p. 44+45: Der “Aufgang der Erde”, fotografiert von William Anders,1968 von wo aus er die Erde in ihrer Gesamtheit betrachtete have been fully a fruit of his imagination, for there was – ein Bild, das vollständig seiner Fantasie entspringen not yet any photograph of Earth from outer space in 100 Mikrogramm LSD musste, denn im Frühjahr 1966 existierte noch kein existence in early 1966. Foto der Erde aus dem Weltraum. While Brand, who had graduated in biology Ein Bild der Erde / A Picture of the Earth A Ein Bild der Erde / Während sich Brand, der 1960 in Stanford sei- from Stanford in 1960 and subsequently been in the army, nen Abschluss in Biologie gemacht hatte und danach was on his imaginary orbit, he obligatorily thought of the bei der Armee war, auf seiner imaginären Umlaufbahn architect, designer and visionary Richard Buckminster befand, musste er an den Architekten, Konstrukteur Fuller. Shortly before, during a lecture in Santa Fe, the lat- und Visionär Richard Buckminster Fuller denken. Der ter had noted that humanity was behaving as though the hatte erst kurz zuvor während eines Vortrages in Santa Earth were an infinitely large disc, and we would never Fe festgestellt, dass sich die Menschheit verhielte, als get things right with our civilization as long as we did not wäre die Erde eine unendlich große Scheibe, und dass treat the Earth as what it actually is: finite. wir das mit unserer Zivilisation niemals richtig hinbe- “I herded my trembling thoughts together as kämen, solange wir die Erde nicht als das behandel- the winds blew and time passed. A photograph would ten, was sie tatsächlich ist: endlich. do it—a color photograph from space of the earth. „Während der Wind wehte und die Zeit ver- There it would be for all to see, the earth complete, ging, trieb ich meine zitternden Gedanken zusammen tiny, adrift, and no one would ever perceive things the und dachte mir: Eine Fotografie könnte das leisten – same way”, recalled Brand, ten years later, in his report eine Farbfotografie der Erde aus dem Weltraum. Dort for the book “The Sixties”, edited by Lynda Obst and wäre sie für alle sichtbar, die ganze Erde, winzig klein, published by the Rolling Stone Press. “Earthrise” by Lunar Orbiter I, 1966, © Nasa dahintreibend, und niemand würde die Dinge jemals Gripped by this idea, Brand considered how wieder auf die gleiche Weise wahrnehmen“, erinnerte he could persuade NASA or the Russians to take a pho- sich Brand zehn Jahre später in seinem Bericht für das to of that kind – and decided to produce posters and, Buch „The Sixties“, herausgegeben von Lynda Obst in particular, hundreds of small button badges, which und der Rolling Stone Press. he intended to sell at uni for 25 cents apiece. But what links/left: Der “Aufgang der Erde”, fotografiert von der Mondsonde Lunar Orbiter1966 I, Angesteckt von dieser Idee, überlegte Brand, were those badges going to say? He quickly rejected the wie er es schaffen könnte, die Nasa oder die Russen first idea, which involved the appeal to “Take a photo of dazu zu bringen, ein solches Foto zu machen – und the whole Earth!” No, it was too boring and square. The entschied sich dafür, Poster und vor allem Hunder- badge should throw up a question and simultaneously The story of a photograph te kleine Ansteck-Buttons zu produzieren, die er an quicken American paranoia: “Why haven’t we seen a der Uni für 25 Cent pro Stück verkaufen wollte. Aber photograph of the whole Earth yet?” Bingo! was sollte auf diesen Buttons stehen? Die erste Idee that changed awareness of mit der Aufforderung „Macht ein Foto der gesamten Erde!“ verwarf er schnell wieder. Nein, das war zu langweilig und zu brav. Der Button sollte eine Frage our planet began on a roof in aufwerfen und gleichzeitig die amerikanische Para- noia beflügeln: „Warum haben wir noch kein Foto von San Francisco – and der gesamten Erde gesehen?“ Bingo! Am nächsten Tag druckte Brand die Buttons, zog sich einen weißen Jumpsuit, Stiefel und einen Zy- 100 micrograms of LSD linder mit einem Kristallherzen darauf an und stellte sich mit einem neonfarbenen Sandwich-Board auf den Campus der University of California in Berkeley auf der anderen Seite der Bucht von San Francisco. Der Plan ging auf: Die Buttons verkauften sich und der The button that started it all © Stewart Brand rechts/right: Der Button, mit dem alles begann Dekan warf ihn vom Gelände, woraufhin erst der „San Francisco Chronicle“ und schließlich auch andere Zei- 46 47 zont auftauchte und war ganz außer sich: „Oh, mein At any rate, it took another year and, above Gott! Schaut euch diesen Anblick an! Hier geht die all, three somewhat homesick, melancholic astronauts Erde auf. Wow, ist das schön!“ in a little spaceship called Apollo 8 to change this. After Als er seine Hasselblad hob, ermahnte ihn sein their third orbit of the Moon on Christmas Eve 1968, Kommandant Frank Borman noch halb im Scherz, dass on-board engineer and photographer William Anders das nicht geplant sei und dass er kein Filmmaterial ver- suddenly spotted the Earth emerging from behind the schwenden solle – schließlich mussten die drei Astro- Moon’s horizon and was absolutely beside himself: nauten die Mondoberfläche und mögliche Landestellen “Oh, my God! Look at that picture over there! Here’s für Apollo 9 untersuchen und dokumentieren. the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!” Glücklicherweise hat Anders dennoch foto- Raising his Hasselblad, he was half-jokingly grafiert. Und er schuf mit „Earthrise“ (Aufgang der cautioned by his commander Frank Borman that that Erde) nicht nur eine der größten Fotografie-Ikonen was not on the schedule and he was not to waste film des 20. Jahrhunderts, sondern löste mit seinem Bild – after all, the three astronauts were required to ex- exakt das ein, was Brand zwei Jahre zuvor eingefor- amine and document the Moon’s surface and poten- dert hatte: Ein Bild, das die Menschheit innehalten tial landing-places for Apollo 9. Fortunately, Anders lässt. Das die Endlichkeit und Verletzlichkeit, aber took photographs nevertheless. And with “Earthrise” auch die unglaubliche Schönheit und Einzigartigkeit he created not only one of the greatest photographic unseres Planeten universell verständlich macht. Und icons of the 20th century, but solved with his image ex- das ein Bewusstsein dafür schafft, dass wir diesen un- actly what Brand had demanded just two years before: seren Ort schützen müssen. a picture that gives humanity pause. That makes our Die Aufmerksamkeit, die „Earthrise“ bekam, planet’s finitude and vulnerability, but also incredible war gigantisch. Das Foto erschien in zahlreichen Zei- beauty and uniqueness universally comprehensible. tungen und auf der Titelseite der „New York Times“, And that generates an awareness that we need to pro- Picture of the Earth A Ein Bild der Erde / “Earthrise” on 6-Cent stamps and the second edition of the “Whole Earth Catalog”, 1969 1969 druckte die amerikanische Post sogar eine tect this place we call ours. 6-Cent-Briefmarkte mit dem Motiv. Das Foto wur- The attention that “Earthrise” received was Der „Aufgang der Erde“ auf 6-Cent-Briefmarken und die zweite Ausgabe des “Whole Earth Catalog”, 1969 de zu einem der wichtigsten und vor allem positiven gigantic. The photo appeared in numerous newspa- Symbole der neu aufkeimenden Umweltschutzbewe- pers and on the front cover of the “New York Times”; gung. Der populäre CBS-Nachrichtensprecher Wal- in 1969, the American post office even printed a 6-cent ter Cronkite hatte „Earthrise“ nicht nur gerahmt auf stamp bearing the motif. The photo become one of tungen über Brands Geschichte berichteten.
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