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Carolyn Russo

Carolyn Russo earned her BFA in photography from the Massachusetts College of Art and has worked at the Museum since 1988. She serves as a museum specialist with the Museum's art collection where she assists senior curator Tom Crouch with art acquisitions and the planning of new exhibitions, and as a photographer where she develops research projects for exhibitions and book publications. She is also the curator of the Museum’s Trophy Collection and Poster Collection.

Tattoo flash art by Owen Jensen, courtesy of the Lyle Tuttle Tattoo Art Collection.

Body Art During World War II: From the Lyle Tuttle Tattoo Art Collection

Step outside of the Air and Space Museum and into the Lyle Tuttle Tattoo Art Collection in San Francisco, California to explore the symbolism of tattoo body art during World War II.

Audrey Flack, Spitfire, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 73 x 110.5 inches, Gift of Stuart M. Speiser from the Stuart M. Speiser Photorealist Collection, National Air and Space Museum.

Beneath the Surface: Audrey Flack’s Photorealism

A view of the Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, which closed in 2001. This photo of the now-defunct airport was taken in 2007. Credit: Alexandros Lambrovassilis

Photographing an Airport in Transition

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