Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 20:00 by Pippo Pappalardo
Sikani Visual Arts Center, Piazza Duca Genoa 18 CT.
On January 24, 1955 opens at the Museum of Modern Art in New York the exhibition "The Family of Man", one of the epochal events in the history of photography.
Curated by Edward Steichen, the exhibition presents five hundred and three photographs of two hundred seventy-three photographers. The preparation work was long and complex and at the end of his tour, the exhibition was visited by more than nine million people in over forty countries.
The exhibition marked the triumph of photography and trust on the effectiveness of its ability to document and communication.
few years later, was no longer the case.
Wednesday, March 16, retrace the genesis of all, the cultural impact and importance of this event together seeking to understand the reason for his resounding success and the contrasting reaction of the following years.
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