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Looking up: French collector gathers lunar photos that changed our view of space

Martin-Malburet holding one of 1,500 photographs he's collected from Nasa's lunar programmes. He inherited his passion from his father, a collector of modern and contemporary art.
Martin-Malburet holding one of 1,500 photographs he's collected from Nasa's lunar programmes. He inherited his passion from his father, a collector of modern and contemporary art. © Baptiste Coulon / RFI

Astronaut Sophie Adenot made history this month as the first French woman to perform a spacewalk. Back on Earth, space enthusiasts across France are finding their own ways to reach for the stars. In the last of a five-part series, space historian and collector Victor Martin-Malburet talks to RFI about his passion for Nasa's Moon missions and the photos they produced. He began searching around the world for original prints aged 15 and has now amassed a collection of 1,500 photographs.

Martin-Malburet keeps his precious photo collection in 50 acid-free boxes, protected by plastic film. They're stacked away from the light on a shelf in his Paris living room.

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