History of Photography Podcast 3 : The Family of Man

History of Photography Podcast by Jeff Curto

Jan 26, 2015Arts

When the exhibition The Family of Man opened in January of 1955, 60 years ago this month, visitors were greeted by more than 500 photographs and these words by the poet Carl Sandburg: “People! Flung wide and far, b...

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