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 ...

J.P. Morgan sat for two minutes; one of the resulting portraits defined his reputation. Edward Steichen “No price is too great,” John Pierpont Morgan once declared, “for a work of ...