Centre National de l'audiovisuel , Luxembourg
- Reopening of THE FAMILY OF MAN exhibition at Clervaux Castle 2013
We have been working with le Centre national de l'audiovisuel, Luxembourg (CNA) since spring 2012.After the international press campaign of the Château d'Eau and Pomhouse last year, Agenda is managing the international press launch of the reopening of the legendary photographic exhibition,THE FAMILY OF MAN.
The Family of Man comprises 503 photographs by 273 artists from 68 countries, and was brought together by Edward Steichen for the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Presented for the first time in 1955, the exhibition was meant as a manifesto for peace and the fundamental equality of mankind, expressed through the humanist photography of the post-war years. Images by artists such as Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dorothea Lange, Robert Doisneau, August Sander and Ansel Adams were staged in a modernist and spectacular manner.
Having toured the globe and been displayed in over 150 museums worldwide, the final, complete version of the exhibition was permanently installed in Clervaux Castle in 1994. Since its creation, The Family of Man has attracted over 10 million visitors and entered the history of photography as a legendary exhibition. In 2003, the collection was inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World register.
On July 5th, The Family of Man will reopen its doors to the public at Clervaux Castle. The collection’s historic photographs have been restored, and the exhibition rooms have been renovated under the direction of the National Department of Sites and Monuments, in order to adapt the technology and design to today’s standards.
Selected press coverage: Le Figaro ( June 2013), The Guardian ( June 2013), Le Journal de la Photographie (July 2013), Il Giornale dell'Arte (June 2013), Knack.be (July 2013),Réponses Photo (June 2013), Artdaily (July 2013), Le Quotidien (July 2013), Fotomagazin (June 2013).