Category: #4 Family of Man
The Family of Man
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 →
Humans of the World
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 Universal Human Rights Movement?
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?”
The Transformation of Nations and World Relations 2016-09-26 22:53:20
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 […]
Under the Same Sky
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 →
“We are more Alike than we are Unalike”
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””
