One name more than any other appeared beneath Vogue’s photographs in the 1940s: George Platt Lynes. His work was polished, prim, and proper, capturing portraits of models like Lisa Fonssagrives, socialites like Babe Paley, and actors like Burt Lancaster and Joan Crawford. But Lynes had another, more secretive aesthetic that was quite the opposite. At the link in bio, read how one of Vogue’s most famous photographers was also quietly mastering the art of the male nude.