In Plane View: Abstractions of Flight

Start date: Friday, August 21, 2009
Event is ongoing: Until Friday, November 13, 2009

The aircraft and space vehicles of the National Air and Space Museum as you’ve never seen them!

The iconic aircraft and spacecraft in the Smithsonian’s collections embody decades of historical and techno- logical milestones, from the first successful flight to breaking the sound barrier to landing on the moon. Yet rarely do museum visitors focus on the aesthetic attributes of these celebrated flying machines.

In Plane View, an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum photographer Carolyn Russo, redirects our attention to the often-overlooked “simple beauty” of aircraft design. Using fine-art photography to bring out new visual dimensions of these powerful symbols of the 20th century, Russo transforms these into works of art.