"THE FAMILY OF MAN" EXHIBIT
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Impossible to miss this unmissable photo exhibition located in Clervaux and listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was a photographer, magazine publisher, gallery owner and curator of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. It was for the latter museum that he created the exhibition "Family of Man". His great project was to explain man as seen by man and to show the bonds that unite them. To do this, he launched an appeal in 1951 to professional and amateur photographers from all over the world. From the four million submissions he received, Steichen selected 503 photographs by 273 authors from 68 countries. The list included such great names as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Dorothea Lange, Robert Doisneau and Irving Penn. The collection was completed in 1955 and exhibited at the MoMA in New York. Several travelling versions toured the world until 1962, bringing together with the New York version more than 9 million visitors.
In 1966, the last existing version was donated to the Grand Duchy, the photographer's native country, by the American government. The exhibition then took place at the Château de Clervaux. However, the museum was not created until 1994. Since 2003, "Family of Man" has been included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
After a first restoration in 1989-1991, a second was undertaken between 2010 and July 2013. Today's exhibition has been redesigned to allow better conservation of the photographs and to enhance the value of Edwards J. Steichen's work.
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