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The Family of Man, in short, is a portrait of mankind
as imagined by Edward Steichen in the 1950s.
But I would say, and we can see this in today's audiences,
people still strongly identify with it.
It's about promoting fraternity across the whole world.
Edward Steichen is one of the biggest artists born here in the country,
who had a long career.
I would say what distinguishes him is the diversity in his career.
Because we got the recognition of UNESCO,
it is a document that is unique in this world
and it is a milestone in the history of photography.
What is special about The Family of Man
is how Steichen worked with the images.
It's not about distilling the aesthetic point of view of the photographer,
but to communicate through the photograph.
He chose very particular images
to be able to convey a message.
I would say that's something
that people aren't used to nowadays.
They're also not used to looking at pictures
as they are displayed here.
It is reconstituted from MoMA
and it is something that has kept its qualities from back then.