From Russia’s Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training facility to NASA’s Apollo control centre, photographer Vincent Fournier takes us inside the often inaccessible institutions of the space industries. However, his photographs are not meant to be documentary images: instead, they mix reality with fiction to create a dreamy, retro-infused world. For this reason, he prefers that they are seen without explanatory text.
The Space Project is on display at The London Art Fair until 17 January.
Ariane02
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Ariane01
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Ariane05
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Anechoic Chamber
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Apollo
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Mars Desert Research Station 1
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Mars Desert Research Station 4
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Ts17 Chair
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Soyouz
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Space Gloves
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Boris
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
International Space Station Training
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
Chinese Rocket
(Image:Vincent Fournier/The Space Project/Courtesy of The Steps Gallery, London, UK)
