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Hailed as the most successful and inspiring exhibition of photography ever assembled The Family of Man opened at The Museum of Modern Art in January 1955. This book, the permanent embodiment of Steichens monumental exhibition, 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... Photographs of lovers and marriage and child-bearing... Photographs concerned with mans dreams and aspirations and photographs of the flaming creative forces of love and truth and the corrosive evil inherent in the lie. This is a classic and inspiring work, in print for more than forty years.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In the same way an infant is captivated by a human face, so is the receptive reader drawn to the pages of this book, over and over again. In photographs taken around the world, the images remind us of the overwhelming preciousness of our all-too-short lives, the mystery of the universe, and the inherent potential of humankind to choose its own way.
Making us aware of our responsibility to cherish life, to handle it tenderly and respectfully, for our own sake and for the benefit of our children, is its clear intent.
I discovered this book on my parents' bookshelf at the age of six. It was my introduction to the world, as expressed through the images of others. Thanks to The Family of Man, I began to understand the vastness of the world, in contrast to my own small one.
I saw more in those images with every passing year. The aphorisms from the world's great literature, printed alongside the photographs, became comprehensible to me as I learned to read words as I had been taught by this book to read human faces. I was impressed by our vast differences, and touched and comforted by the common humanity that we share with one another.
The messages contained within this work are timeless and relevent. If I had the power to do so,I would place a copy of this book in every classroom of every grade of all the schools in the world. In my opinion, there is no one of any age for whom this book is not appropriate.
I believe from the beginning we all want to be the best we can be; somehow along the way too many of us lose hope. This book reminds us of the worthiness of the pursuit of the meaning of life. Though as individual members of the global community we may be quite different, we nonetheless see in these pictures the implications of choices made for, and against life--and we are inspired to consider thoughtfully the implications of our everyday thoughts and acts.
This may well be the first and greatest lesson in life.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When I was a child, I stumbled on this book, The Family of Man. I read it cover to cover. I wondered at the pictures of human interaction I barely understood, such as men and women falling in love. I smiled at the photographs that I recognized myself in; children playing and laughing, even fighting. I grew angry when I saw a girl who looked a lot like me fighting back against a bully that looked remarkably like a boy I had to contend with at school. I cried at the pictures that frightened or saddened me. The first time I saw the picture of the SS soldier making eye contact with the child who was marching with her parents and neighbors to the Nazi death camps, I didn't know the history it was depicting. I was later to learn my own relatives were part of that dark history. The picture made me uneasy. I came back to the book year after year. Each time understanding it more. Each time I brought more life experience to the book, I got more from it. But right from the first I got it's powerful message: we are all part of one family ...the human family. It probably was the book with the most profound influence on my life. I am happily surprised that they are reissuing it and I can now give my children a copy that isn't falling apart from 40 years of being loved too much.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Many years ago, my sister gave me this book. It's the best gift she ever gave me. Through pictures, life is shown at both its best and worst. We follow generations through love, marriage, war, birth, death and all else in between. Occasionally, there are brief, starkly related quotations. I've been drawn back to this book so many times that I feel all of those pictured are my personal friends.
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I don't normally write reviews on books or recording that I have purchased but this is an exception. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Alexander Stevenson
Sine qua non...
Latin words, which should be used most judiciously. An essential book, even THE essential book, not just of photography, but in the sense of any vehicle which conveys the... Read more
Published 16 months ago by John P. Jones III
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Just married, my wife bought me a copy of the Family of Man. Many years later my wife and I separated. This year I shall send her a copy, we would have been married fifty years. Read more
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This book is still one of the best collections of photographs ever. I still have an original copy bought in the 1950's
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A good souvenir (or taster) of one of the great photography exhibitions. The book follows the order of hanging and although some of the images are more effective at exhibition... Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by Derek Simpson
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The only thing that could be better than this book would be the actual "Family of Man" exhibit. Steichen displays the character and humanity of the world as seen through the lens... Read more
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This book details the Family of Man photography exhibit composed of photos that Edward Steichen collected from photographers throughout the world. Read more
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