Buzz Aldrin's gold plated sun visor reflects the photographer and the LM Eagle,16-24 July 1969

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, (NASA AS11-40-5903), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm

The most famous image of a Man on the Moon, an iconic image which belongs to our collective visual memory.

“Nothing prepared me for the starkness of the Moon. The barren terrain was a dusty gray with many little craters in every direction. The sky was utter blackness, void of any stars. As I walked away from the Eagle Lunar Module, Neil said, ‘Hold it, Buzz.’ So I stopped and turned around, and then he took what has become known as the ‘Visor’ photo.
I like this photo because it captures the moment of a solitary figure against the horizon of the Moon, along with a reflection in my helmet’s visor of our home away from home, the Eagle, and of Neil snapping the photo.”
Buzz Aldrin (Jacobs, pg. 63)

Literature:
LIFE, 11 August 1969, cover; National Geographic, December 1969, cover; National Geographic, December 1969, ppg. 736-737; NEWSWEEK, 11 August 1969, cover; LOOK, August 1969, cover; LIFE, 8 August 1969, ppg. 26-27; TIME, 8 August 1969, pg. 23; Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs, Chaikin, pg. 95; Moon: Man’s Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., frontispiece; Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Jacobs, pg. 62; Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, Reynolds, pg. 145; Images from Space, The Camera in Orbit, Arnold, pl. 17; Voices, Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences, Chaikin, pg. 179; Apollo Expeditions to the Moon (NASA SP-350), Cortright, ed., cover.