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Edward Steichen was a Luxembourg-born American photographer who co-founded Camera Work and curated The Family of Man at MoMA in 1955.
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What was The Family of Man exhibition curated by Edward Steichen?
The Family of Man opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955. Steichen curated hundreds of photographs from around the world to present a humanist view of shared life, work, birth, love, and death.
Was Edward Steichen connected to Camera Work?
Yes. Steichen was closely linked to Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession circle, and his work appeared in Camera Work. The magazine was one of the key art-photography publications of the early 20th century.
Did Steichen work in both pictorialist and modernist styles?
Yes. His early work includes soft, atmospheric pictorialist photographs, while his later fashion, portrait, and editorial work became cleaner and more modern. He also served as chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair in the 1920s and 1930s.
Where was Edward Steichen born?
Steichen was born in Luxembourg in 1879 and later became an American citizen. His family moved to the United States when he was a child.
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