During World War II Conant was stationed at Pearl Harbor[5] and was part of the Naval photographic team operating under Admiral Chester W.
[4] Conant later took pictures for Life, Look and Paris Match among other publications, and photographed celebrities from Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn to American presidents Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
[4] In 1955, Conant received a commission from Photoplay magazine to conduct a cover shoot with Grace Kelly, who was a prominent film actress at the time.
[6] The resulting photographs were published in the June 24 issue of Collier's magazine, with a celebrated photo of Kelly rising from the water with wet hair making the cover.
However, upon learning of Princess Grace's tragic death in a car accident, he departed for Monaco without his photographic equipment.