An artist friend from DA emailed me last month with a rather odd message. "I have obtained a chinese-made pressure suit from the 1950's and was thinking you might enjoy using it as a photography prop. Would you like to borrow it?" That's like asking a Congressman if he'd like a second helping of pulled pork, or a horse if he'd prefer to just stand there and graze. "Duh?" I replied, "Of course!" A few days later the flight suit showed up in the mail and I spent some time on Ebay looking for a suitable helmet. The helmet is a Russian MiG pilot's helmet from approximately the same period. (No dice finding matching boots; I tried) And, of course, that brought up the next question:
How do you make a pressure suit beautiful?
That's easy! Just add Zinn.

Where did the title "A Dream of Flying" come from? Wait until you see her face in the later frames. All will become clear to those who are patient.

This is my favorite series-set of Zinn. She was in a splendid mood the day we shot this and every single thing she did was beautiful, sexy, serene - and often all of the above. I'll post the whole series and hopefully the DA content trolls won't move it around from one category to the next. DA: we need a "series" category!

Want to know how it was lit? Look at the reflection in her goggles.