"Family of Man" Photo Exhibit Companion (1955)

Softcover book meant as companion to 1955 Family of Man Exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and later, worldwide. Filled with evocative black and white photographs and thought provoking quotes.This 1955 companion to the photographic exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York contains a series of impactful black and white images and thought-provoking quotations.  192 pages. Water stains on back, please see photos. "The Greatest photographic exhibition of all time--503 pictures from 68 countries--created by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern art."  Prologue by poet Carl Sandburg.

The exhibit was controversial and came in for a lot of criticism from scholarly critics for being a "populist" and especially Roland Barthes who criticized the exhibition for "an essentialist depiction of human experiences such as birth, death, and work, and the removal of any historical specificity from this depiction". See for yourself!