Books
A selection
of books recommended to learn more about the exhibition The Family of
Man, its critical reception as well as about Edward Steichen, a man and an artist
© CNA/Romain Girtgen, 2022
The Family of Man
Edward Steichen, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013
The exhibition catalogue with all the photos and quotations of The Family of Man along with a preface by Edward Steichen and Carl Sandburg (in English)
© 2012 Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence
Edward SteichenA compact biography of Edward Steichen (in German)
Gerd Hurm, Editions Schortgen, Luxembourg, 2019
A compact biography of Edward Steichen (in German)
The Family of Man Revisited : Photography in a Global Age
Gerd Hurm, Anke Reitz, Shamoon Zamir, IB Tauris, Londres, 2017
A contemporary critical approach of the exhibition (in English)
Edward Steichen : Lives in Photography
Todd Brandow, William A. Ewing, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2008
A retrospective catalogue as an illustration of Edward Steichen’s artistic work with numerous texts analysing his work (in English, French and German)
These books are available for sale in the museum shop and on CNA e-shop.
We also propose a lot of other references and books about the exhibition, its photographs and its historical context in our museum library at Clervaux (available for consultation) or in CNA media library. Our libraries are part of the national network of libraries, so you will find all our books on www.a-z.lu.