The family of man revisited : photography in a global age / edited by Gerd Hurm, Anke Reitz, Shamoon Zamir.

London : I.B. Tauris, 2018.

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"Published in association with the Centre national de l'audiovisuel (CNA), Luxembourg and with the support of Akkasah: Center for Photography at New York University Abu Dhabi and the Center for American Studies, University of Trier, Germany."

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"First shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955, this exhibition travelled throughout the United States and to 46 countries, and was seen by over nine million people. Edward Steichen conceived, curated and designed the exhibition. The exhibition was a statement against war and the conflicts and divisions that threatened a common future for humanity after 1945. Many critics, however, have dismissed the exhibition as a form of sentimental humanism unable to address the challenges of history, politics and cultural difference. This book revises the critical debate about The Family of Man, challenging in particular the legacy of Roland Barthes's influential account of the exhibition. The contributors explore new contexts for understanding Steichen's work and they undertake radically new analyses of the formal dynamics of the exhibition."

Print version: Family of man revisited. London : I.B. Tauris, 2018

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August 07, 2024

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