Camera Aloft - Edward Steichen in the Great War

Name: Camera Aloft - Edward Steichen in the Great War
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ISBN: 9780521820554

ISBN-10: 0521820553

ISBN-13: 9780521820554

Edition: 2015

Authors: Von Hardesty

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Edward Steichen (1879 1973) played a key role in the development of photography in the twentieth century. He is well known for his varied career as an artist, a celebrated photographer, and museum curator. However, Steichen is less known for his pivotal role in shaping America's first experiments in aerial photography as a tool for intelligence gathering in what may be called his lost years. In Camera Aloft, Von Hardesty tells how Steichen volunteered in 1917 to serve in the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). He rose rapidly in the ranks of the Air Service, emerging as Chief of Air Photography during the dramatic final offensives of the war. His photo sections were responsible for the…

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List price: $102.00
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/2/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.29" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Von Hardesty is currently a curator in the Division of Aeronautics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. He has written a number of books, including Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power, 1941–1945 ; Lindbergh: Flight's Enigmatic Hero ; Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency ; Great Aviators and Epic Flights ; and Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race . He lives in the metropolitan D.C. area.