Edward Steichen speaking to photographers about the Family of Man project at the Miller home in Orinda, CA. March 28, 1953
Group portrait at the Miller's house during the planning of the Family of Man project. In the center are Dorothea Lange, Edward Steichen, Joan and Wayne Miller. Orinda, CA. March 28, 1953. Photograph by Fred Lyon
Imogen Cunningham and Dorothea Lange at the Miller home during a planning meeting for the Family of Man project. Orinda, CA. 1953
Edward Steichen working on the Family of Man exhibition. 1954
Edward Steichen and Carl Sanburg. 1954
Edward Steichen working on the Family of Man exhibition. 1954
Joan Miller and Miller children at the Family of Man exhibitition. 1955
Visitors to The Family of Man exhibition. Museum of Modern Art. New York City, NY. 1955
Cover of the February 14, 1955 issue of Life magazine featuring The Family of Man exhibition. The image shows Wayne's wife and children.
The Family of Man, an extraordinarily ambitious photographic exhibition that in ways was like a magazine-style collage, utilizing 503 photographs (from 273 photographers) culled from some two million, stressed the similarities among peoples and their rituals and desires, intentionally glossing over many of their differences. Curated by Steichen, and with assistance by Miller, the exhibition opened at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1955 and traveled worldwide; the book of the same name would sell millions of copies.