Edward Steichen (American [born Luxembourg], 1879–1973) is unquestionably one of the most prolific, versatile, influential, and indeed controversial names in the history of photography. He was admired by many for his achievements as a fine-art photographer, while impressing countless others with the force of his commercial accomplishments. The influence of his legendary exhibition, “The Family of Man,” is still felt. Portraiture, the nude, fashion, landscape, cityscape, dance, theater, war, advertising, still life, and flower photography—no genre, it seems, went unexplored. This volume traces Steichen’s career from his Pictorialist beginnings to his time with Condé Nast and his directorship of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Hundreds of vintage photographs are reproduced in four-color to reveal the complexities and nuances of these black-and-white images. They are accompanied by essays from scholars, including Joanna T. Steichen, the artist’s widow. With an extensive bibliography, a detailed chronology, and a glossary of photographic processes used by the artist, this is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging volume on Edward Steichen ever published.

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335 pages, 250 tinted and color illustrations. 10 3/8 in. x 12 3/8 in. Hardcover; clothbound, with jacket.


Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography
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