The family of man
Subtitle: the greatest photographic exhibition of all time--503 pictures from 68 countries
By: created by Edward Steichen ; prologue by Carl Sandburg
Contributors: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Edition: 60th anniversary edition.
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781633450011
Copyright date: 1983
Subjects: Portrait photography; Photography; Artistic Photography; Exhibitions
Description: Hailed as the most successful exhibition of photography ever assembled, The Family of Man opened at The Museum of Modern Art in January 1955. It was groundbreaking in its scope--503 images by 273 photographers originating in 69 countries--as well as in the numbers of people who experienced it on its tour through 88 venues in 37 countries. As the permanent embodiment of Edward Steichen's monumental exhibition, this publication reproduces all of the 503 images that Steichen described as "a mirror of the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world. Photographs made in all parts of the world, of the gamut of life from birth to death." To celebrate the 60th anniversary of this classic and inspiring work, MoMA is releasing this handsome hardcover edition.
Notes: Subtitle from dust jacket.