Tag: Edward Steichen

Steichen’s Family of Man Restored: New Life for a Photographic Touchstone

Jan 10, 2020

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LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ In 1955, a decade into the Cold War, the Museum of Modern Art in New York opened its doors to a monumental photography exhibition, an aesthetic manifesto visualizing ideas of peace and “the essential oneness of mankind.” Edward Steichen, then director…
Photographer Edward Steichen at the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne and Kunsthaus in Zurich – swissinfo

Feb 7, 2008

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: Two Swiss museums are hosting the most comprehensive retrospective ever on one of the icons of 20th-century photography. American photographer Edward Steichen, who died in 1973 two days short of his 94th birthday, had a career spanning 70 years, during which he never ceased to innovate. There certainly is a contrast between the 19-year-old…