Curious and inventive mind, Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was one of the most prolific and influential photographers in the history of photography in the twentieth century. This Luxembourg borned American original co-founded with Alfred Stieglitz in 1902 the Photo Secession group, and actively participates in the magazine Camera Work. He is both a painter and photographer. As a photographer, he produced portraits, landscapes, still lifes, nudes, he exercises his talents in fashion photography, dance, theater, flowers, in advertising, as well as a war photographer and aerial photography.It seems no genre could escapes his innovative eye. Graphic design, typography, art direction also provide a fertile ground for his creativity.
Condé Nast, seduced by his pictorialist photographs gave him in 1923 the artistic direction for Vogue and Vanity Fair.It will also be curator of photography at MoMA. He organized there the Famous "The Family of Man" exhibition, running from 1955, and seen by about ten million visitors from around the world. This will be the crowning achievement of his career.
This exhibition is organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography (Minneapolis) and the Musée de l'Elysee (Lausanne), in partnership with the Jeu de Paume.It is presented with the support of Neuflize Vie, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Manufacture, and in partnership with The Village Voice, Vogue, and Arte FIP
Le Jeu de Paume - site Concorde
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The "Jeu de Paume" is now an institution dedicated to photography and image.
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