Edward Steichen Compiler (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [A ground breaking coffee-table book, The Family of Man helped establish the genre of a popular photograph coffee table book. Its success created many imitators and its legacy continues in photobooks to this day.] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Shelf wear. "The greatest photographic exhibition of all time--503 pictures from 68 countries"--Title page of standard edition. 207 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm. "This ambitious exhibition, which brought together hundreds of images by photographers working around the world, was a forthright declaration of global solidarity in the decade following World War II. Organized by noted photographer and director of MoMA's Department of Photography Edward Steichen, the exhibition took the form of a photo essay celebrating the universal aspects of the human experience. Steichen had invited photographers to submit photographs for consideration, explaining that his aim was to capture "the gamut of life from birth to death" - a task for which, he argued, photography was uniquely suited. The exhibition toured the world for eight years, attracting more than 9 million visitors.".

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good with wear and markings. Looks like an interesting title!

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Mild general wear. with creased cover corners and previous repairs Pages relatively clean with light aging. Flyleaf shows waterstanining. Condition overall: Fair. Binding sound, staples present. The book originally accompanied a widely acclaimed 1945 Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) exhibition titled Power in the Pacific.

Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 108 pages, b&w photographs. Edge wear and rubbing to wrappers and spine. Some corners bent. Paper cover beginning to separate. Record # 808983.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. *Fresh & attractive* [nd; circa 1945 or 1946] Fine condition. Bright, flat, solid, uniform, and pleasant. Little bit of inoffensive edgewear to spine. The only mark is name and address of previous owner to title p. This staple-bound softcover is very soft indeed, so the condition here is noteworthy. 108 pp of b&w photographs with 3 pp of explanatory captions.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 10.875 inches by 11.25 inches 108 pages. Contains a section that is entitle More Information About the Pictures. Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen served as chief photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair, while also working for many advertising agencies, including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the most popular and highest-paid photographer in the world. After the United States' entry into World War II, Steichen was invited by the United States Navy to serve as Director of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit. In 1944, he directed the war documentary The Fighting Lady, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 17th Academy Awards. From 1947 to 1961, Steichen served as Director of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art. While there, he curated and assembled exhibits including the touring exhibition The Family of Man, which was seen by nine million people. In 2003, the Family of Man photographic collection was added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value. Initially published in 1937 as U.S. Camera and Travel, the magazine later assumed the name Travel + Leisure in 1971. At the commencement of World War II, Steichen, then in his sixties, had retired as a full-time photographer. He was developing new varieties of delphinium, which in 1936 had been the subject of his first exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and the only flower exhibition ever held there. When the United States joined the global conflict, Steichen, who had come out of the first World War an Army Colonel, was refused for active service because of his age. Later, invited by the Navy to serve as Director of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, he was commissioned a Lieutenant-Commander in January 1942. Steichen selected for his unit six officer-photographers from the industry, including photographers Wayne Miller and Charles Fenno Jacobs. A collection of 172 silver gelatin photographs taken by the Unit under his leadership is held at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1942, Steichen curated for the Museum of Modern Art the exhibition Road to Victory, five duplicates of which toured the world. Photographs in the exhibition were credited to enlisted members of the Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps and numbers by Steichen's unit, while many were anonymous and some were made by automatic cameras in Navy planes operated while firing at the enemy. This was followed in January 1945 by Power in the Pacific: Battle Photographs of our Navy in Action on the Sea and In the Sky. Steichen was released from Active Duty (under honorable conditions) on December 13, 1945, at the rank of Captain. For his service during World War II, he was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with 2 campaign stars), American Campaign Medal, and numerous other awards. Photographs capture the activities and actions of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II and look at all aspects of naval operations.