château de clervaux

château de clervaux

L-9712 Clervaux

Tél: (+352) 92 96 57 Exposition permanente ouverte du 1er Mars au 1er Janvier Mer - Sam : 12h00 - 18h00

http://www.steichencollections-cna.lu

The Family of Man


In 1955 Edward Steichen designed The Family of Man for the 25th anniversary of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The exhibition will draw the world into the museum and enter the history of photography, for its ambition, its international success and its enthusiastic as controversial reception at the same time. The exhibition was conceived as a humanist panorama aimed at forging closer links between people, helped by the communicative power of photography. Steichen hit the nerve of the time and drew a reassuring image, including tensions and hopes, against the backdrop of the agitated historical context of the Cold War.
503 images from 273 photographers from 68 countries are selected to compose a manifesto for peace and the fundamental equality of mankind. It staged images by artists such as Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dorothea Lange, Robert Doisneau, August Sander, Ansel Adams, etc. in a modernist and spectacular manner.
Following an international and decennial tour, The Family of Man was bequeathed to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the middle of the 1960ies. Today, the fully restored collection is part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World register and its display combines a contemporary approach and interpretation with a reverence for its history.