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Edward J. Steichen

The video recounts the life of the photographer Edward Steichen, the creator of the Family of Man Exhibition, and his accomplishments as a leading portrait photographer and as a cultural force in presenting Picasso in his New York Gallery and reinventing modern fashion and war photography.

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  • "Edward J. Steichen was considered by many "the greatest portrait photographer of the 20th century". He was world famous, creating the "Family of Man" exhibition, seen by over 9 million viewers. He photographed leading movie stars like Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Garbo, Marlene Dietrich..., as well as prominent figures of the theatre, writers, and artists of the modern age. He was a major cultural force of the modern age, presenting Picasso in his own NY Gallery and reinventing modern fashion and war photography""
  • "The video recounts the life of the photographer Edward Steichen, the creator of the Family of Man Exhibition, and his accomplishments as a leading portrait photographer and as a cultural force in presenting Picasso in his New York Gallery and reinventing modern fashion and war photography."@en
  • "Edward J. Steichen was considered by many "the greatest portrait photographer of the 20th century". He was world famous, creating the Family of Man exhibition, seen by over 9 million viewers. He photographed leading movie stars like Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Von Stroheim, and Gloria Swanson, as well as prominent figures of the theatre, writers, and artists of the modern age. He was a major cultural force of the modern age, presenting Picasso in his own NY Gallery and reinventing modern fashion and war photography."
  • "Profiles Edward Steichen, born in Luxembourg in 1879, who became a pioneer of American photography."@en
  • "A portrait of the Luxembourg-born American photographer Edward Steichen. Photography was a new medium when Steichen began his career in the 1890s. He fought hard to have photography accepted as an authentic art form with its own unique vision. Later, in the 1950s, Steichen's exhibition The Family of Man was a major success and is now considered one of the greatest photographic exhibitions ever assembled."
  • "Traces the life and photographic career of Edward Steichen, considered by many to be one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century."
  • "A documentary of the life of the photographer Edward Steichen. The video follows the artist's life from his family's emigration to the United States as an infant to his death in 1973. The video features the photographer's relationships with Rodin and Steiglitz, as well as the exhibition, The Family of Man."@en

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  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Documentary videos"@en
  • "Films documentaires"

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  • "Edward J. Steichen"
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  • "Edward Steichen"
  • "Edward Steichen a documentary"@en
  • "Edward J. Steichen a documentary"@en

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