The Family of Man 1955–2001: Humanism and Postmodernism — a reappraisal of the photo exhibition by Edward Steichen
Citation
Back, Jean, and Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff, eds. The Family of Man 1955–2001: Humanismus und Postmoderne: eine Revision von Edward Steichens Fotoausstellung = Humanism and Postmodernism: a reappraisal of the photo exhibition by Edward Steichen. Marburg: Jonas Verlag, 2004. ISBN 3-89445-328-1. [Bilingual German/English; approx. 280 pp.]
Tier justification
Tier 2: Scholarly monograph published by an academic press (Jonas Verlag, Marburg) with named authors/editors, peer-reviewed content, and bibliographic apparatus. The book is an academic reappraisal of the exhibition covering the full arc 1955–2001. Internet Archive catalog record confirmed (access-restricted scan, fetched 2026-04-30).
Relevance
A key German-language (bilingual) scholarly reappraisal of The Family of Man, edited by Jean Back (Luxembourg) and Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff (University of Trier). The volume covers the exhibition from its 1955 creation through to 2001, encompassing the 1960s aftermath (USIA tour, Luxembourg donation), the postmodern critiques, and the UNESCO listing. Particularly relevant for the Luxembourg/European reception of the exhibition and for understanding the German-language scholarly conversation alongside the English-language scholarship of Sandeen (1995) and Stimson (2006).
Key excerpts / pages
Facts confirmed via archive.org catalog record (fetched 2026-04-30):
- Full title (bilingual): The family of man 1955-2001: Humanismus und Postmoderne: eine Revision von Edward Steichens Fotoausstellung = Humanism and postmodernism: a reappraisal of the photo exhibition by Edward Steichen.
- Authors/editors: Jean Back and Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff.
- Publisher: Jonas Verlag, Marburg. Year: 2004. ISBN: 3894453281.
- Approximately 280 pages. Language: bilingual German/English.
- The item is access-restricted on archive.org; interior text NOT read this session.
Notes
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verified: falsebecause interior text was not read (access-restricted on archive.org, confirmed 2026-04-30). - ISBN confirmed as 3894453281 (= 978-3-89445-328-1 in 13-digit form) via archive.org metadata.
- Cross-references:
src-sandeen-1995-picturing,src-stimson-2006-pivot,src-cna-fom-steichencollections. - The editors Jean Back and Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff are associated with the European scholarly conversation on The Family of Man; Schmidt-Linsenhoff is a professor of art history at the University of Trier (NOT confirmed from a source fetched this session — cite as “cited in secondary literature”).