Month: September 2016

It is fascinating that a piece of art is able to be interpreted in such diverse ways. The Family of Man exhibit is seen by some as being representative of American imperialism and as having messages of race, ethnicity, and national superiority. Others, including the original designer of the artwork, saw the pictures that were included … Continue reading “Family of Man Post”

In 1955, the graphic exhibit titled The Family Man, grew to become one of the most successful exhibits in the history of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.  Though the images themselves were extraordinary, this success was due in no small part to the design of the exhibit itself, as it sought to break…

In January of the year 1955, an ambitious exhibit was displayed in New York Museum of Modern Arts. Titled The Family of Man, the exhibit was curated by Edward Steichen and displayed photographs taken by over two hundred photographers from … Continue reading →

After the conclusion of World War II, there were many unavoidable societal changes. Some pertained primarily to the dealing with returning soldiers, wounded or intact, as a collective society, while others dealt with figuring out where displaced children belonged. In all cases, however, one thing was for sure: World War II made people of all […]

The readings and images that were provided to us had a common theme of World Wide Human Rights.  These human rights were aimed to benefit everyone, but more the minority.  The Family of Men was a series of pictures taken from over 200 photographers displaying the element so humanity.  Fred Turner stated  “The Family of Man’s middlebrow … Continue reading “The Universal Human Rights Movement?”

After the end of a world that devastated the nation–and even further, the globe–it is undoubted that a movement similar to  Steichen’s The Family of Man exhibited was needed. With a nation plagued with the hatred of races, the fear of communism, and much more, this photographic display of the “oneness” of humans was the answer to some of […]

In the early years of the Cold War following World War II, tensions were high globally. After the biggest and bloodiest war ever fought in human history only two super powers remained, the United States and the Soviet Union. The … Continue reading →

In Maya Angelou’s poem Human Family she expresses “I note the obvious differences between each sort and type, but we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” This excerpt from the poem perfectly illustrates the purpose of  The Family of Man, an exhibit by the world renowned photographer Edward Steichen displayed at the New York Museum of … Continue reading ““We are more Alike than we are Unalike””

After World War Two, soldiers came home to America, tired, torn, and battered, with psychological and physical scars that would last a lifetime.  As they tried to settle into life back in America, e.g. working, marrying, and raising a family, Continue reading Veterans lose Unemployment Benefits, despite Hardships→

The Keloid Girls were a little known group of Japanese girls who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Scarred and disfigured in horrendous ways they became outcasts and pariahs to their people. In an effort to provide aid to the victims of the war and to gain positive publicity and take attention away from anti … Continue reading “Hiroshima Maidens”