Behind the Scenes With an Air and Space Museum Photographer

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Back in 1980, a photographer named Eric Long was taking pictures of the National Mall at sunset, and a jogging stranger stopped to ask what he was up to. It turned out the man was a darkroom technician at the Smithsonian’s newly formed Office of Printing and Photographic Services, which was looking to hire. Eventually, Long got the gig, and for decades thereafter, he shot all sorts of images for the various museums, especially.

“At this shoot, I learned that the way to show something that’s black and shiny, like this X-15, is to reflect light into it. Photography is really all about creating, shaping, and capturing light.”“They were updating the cockpit, so the seats were removed. You can see this nice contrast between the blue screen and the warmer analog switches. If we were there even a day later, we never would have had this view.

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