Speaker: Ken Bleyer

A Photographic Perspective of Our Common Humanity

In January 1955, Edward Steichen, Director of the Dept. of Photography at the MoMA in NYC, curated a photo-essay entitled The Family of Man. Steichen’s stated objective was to draw attention, visually, to the universality of human experience and the role of photography in its documentation. The exhibition consisted of 503 photos from 68 countries … Continue reading A Photographic Perspective of Our Common Humanity