Excellent condition as shown! All orders come hand packed and all books are tissue-wrapped. Thank you for shopping my bookstore! Book overview Hailed as the most successful exhibition of photography ever assembled, The Family of Man opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in January 1955. This book, the permanent embodiment of Edward Steichen's monumental exhibition, reproduces all of the 503 images that Steichen described as "a mirror of the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world. Photographs made in all parts of the world, of the gamut of life from birth to death." A classic and inspiring work, The Family of Man has been in print for more than 40 years. The New York Times once wrote that it "symbolizes the universality of human emotions." First produced by a magazine publisher and sold by the hundreds of thousands on newsstands and in airport shops, The Family of Man has been in more recent years published by the Museum Product information ASIN ‎B0018UB6C2 Publisher ‎The Modern Museum of Art; 1st edition (January 1, 1955) Language ‎English Hardcover ‎192 pages Item Weight ‎1.63 pounds Best Sellers Rank#927,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)#532 in Photography Collections & Exhibitions (Books)#605 in Photo Essays (Books)#926 in Portrait Photography Customer Reviews 4.8 out of 5 stars 44Reviews