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Filter, Camera

Object number2018.27.103

Datec. 1996

OriginAndover, England

MediumPlastic

Credit LineGift of Jay Apt

DescriptionTranslucent blue plastic camera gel filter.DimensionsLength x Width: 11 × 9.313 in. (27.9 × 23.7 cm)
InscriptionsHandwritten number in black ink in one corner "1-29" and in the opposite corner "118 1-29".
MarksRounded rectangular white paper adhesive label in one corner has black printed text "LEE FILTER... / ANDOVER EN".
Historical NotesCamera gel filter used by Jay Apt during space shuttle mission STS-79 in September 1996. Jay Apt cut pieces from color gel filters and affixed them to remotely-triggered camera flash units to create color backgrounds for onboard 35mm film photographs that emphasized the technical nature of the spacecraft environment. One of these, taken by Jay Apt of Astronaut Shannon Lucid, appeared in Time Magazine.

Previous owner Dr. Jerome Apt III

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