Before Edward Steichen joined the U.S. Navy in January ... he caught the aircraft within a pool of what might have been reflected moonlight. In fact, the photo had been made on a bright afternoon.

A Steichen photograph of two gowns by Madeleine Vionnet reflects the ease of movement for which Vionnet was known. The name of the model in white is unrecorded; Marion Morehouse, in black, was one ...

Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/In-Vogue.html At 62 years old, Edward Steichen convinced the U.S. Navy to let him gather a team of ...