Camera Aloft

by Von Hardesty

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 a 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521820553
• ISBN13: 9780521820554
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"