The Family of Man (1955)

DA GIORNI SONO perso dentro un meraviglioso libro di fotografia: The family of Man. Imperdibile, se vi appassiona il genere. C’è dentro la vita, i sogni, la morte, il mondo.

Money quote: "Hailed as the most successful exhibition of photography ever assembled, ‘The Family of Man’ opened at The Museum of Modern Art in January 1955. Presenting what Edward Steichen referred to as a ‘collective portrait’ of humanity, the exhibition featured 503 photographs from 68 countries, 273 of which were taken by amateur photographers. As the permanent embodiment of this monumental exhibition, this book reproduces every one of the images that Steichen described as ‘a mirror of the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world."

Ps: casomai vedete di prendere l'edizione che celebra i 60 anni, con la copertina rigida. Costa uguale ma è molto meglio