Title Camera Aloft : Edward Steichen in the Great War / von Hardesty

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge Centennial of Flight Cambridge centennial of flight. Contents Cover; Half-title ; Series information ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; Acknowledgments ; Foreword ; Taking the camera aloft; Frontispiece ; 1 War and exile ; In harm's way ; Taking leave of home and hearth ; The escape to New York 2 A new life in the military Steichen and the airplane ; Air power in the Great War ; Joining the Signal Corps ; The apprenticeship ; Out of whole cloth ; On our way ; 3 Over there ; Passage to the war zone ; The Rodin funeral ; Travails of the Air Service New duties and delays Seeking a new identity ; The itinerant organizer ; Training for air operations ; Transition to new leadership ; 4 The world of air observation ; At the front ; The nature of air warfare ; Cameras and airplanes ; A revolution in map-making The perils of air observation On the techniques of air photography ; 5 Taking charge ; Combat readiness ; The Inter-Allied conferences on cameras ; Chief of Air Photography ; 6 Over the front ; The frontline realities ; The American air offensive ; Steichen in the war zone At war's end 7 War and photography ; Appendix: Life at the cutting edge: The photo sections ; History of Photo Section No. 1, Air Service, 1918 ; History of Photo Section No. 2, Air Service, 1918 ; History Photo Section No. 3, Air Service, 1918 Summary 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 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 rapid processing of aerial images gained through the daily and hazardous sorties over the front and in the enemy rear areas. What emerged in the eighteen months of his active service was a new template for modern aerial reconnaissance. The aerial camera, as with new weapons such as the machine gun, the tank and the airplane, profoundly transformed modern warfare Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Dec 2015) Subject Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973. SUBJECT Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973 fast Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Photography Aerial observation (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 20th century World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front. War photographers -- United States -- Biography War photography -- United States HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Aerial observation (Military science) Military campaigns Military operations, Aerial -- American Photography War photographers War photography United States Western Front (World War (1914-1918)) Genre/Form Biographies History Pictorial works Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139024433 1139024434 9781316417416 1316417417

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