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Family of Migrants mirrors Edward Steichen's 1955 Family of Man exhibition, focusing on migration through 400 global photographs, exploring departure, journey, arrival, family, loss, and love.The Family of Migrants is inspired by the legendary exhibition
The Family of Man, an ode to humanity created by photographer and curator Edward Steichen, that opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955. This book features around 200 photographs and will show the most striking photography that tells universal, timeless stories of human existence, such as departure, journey and arrival, and themes like family, loss and love.
Among the hundreds of images are iconic as well as unknown photos by, among many others, James Nachtwey, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Imogen Cunningham, Mary Ellen Mark, Steve McCurry, Stephan Vanfleteren, Lewis Hine, Chien-Chi Chang, Abbas Attar, Robert de Hartogh, Wang Fuchun, Dorothea Lange, Ara Gu¨ler, Leonard Freed, Ata Kandó and Ishiuchi Miyako.
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Joumana El Zein Khoury (b. 1975) is executive director of World Press Photo. She was formerly director of the Prince Claus Fund. El Zein Khoury was born in Lebanon. She studied in New York and Paris and now lives in the Netherlands.
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The Family of Migrants is inspired by the legendary exhibition The Family of Man, an ode to humanity created by photographer and curator Edward Steichen, that opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955. This book features around 200 photographs and will show the most striking photography that tells universal, timeless stories of human existence, such as departure, journey and arrival, and themes like family, loss and love. Among the hundreds of images are iconic as well as unknown photos by, among many others, Lewis Hine, Chien-Chi Chang, Abbas, Robert de Hartogh, Wang Fuchun, Dorothea Lange, Stephan Vanfleteren, Ara Güler, Leonard Freed, Ata Kandó and Ishiuchi Miyako. With text contributions by Joumana el Zein Khoury, Stine Jensen, Hanneke Mantel, Rim Battal, Rodaan al Galidi, Danny Ramadan, Anke Reitz, C Pam Zhang and Asma Khan. Book accompanying the inauguration of the FENIX museum in Rotterdam on May 16, 2025. All pictures from the book will be on display at the exhibition of the same name.
The Family of Migrants ist inspiriert von der legendären Ausstellung The Family of Man, einer Ode an die Menschlichkeit des Fotografen und Kurators Edward Steichen, die 1955 im Museum of Modern Art in New York eröffnet wurde. Das Buch umfasst rund 200 Fotografien und zeigt die eindrucksvollsten Bilder, die universelle, zeitlose Geschichten der menschlichen Existenz erzählen, wie Aufbruch, Reise und Ankunft, und Themen wie Familie, Verlust und Liebe behandeln. Unter den Hunderten von Bildern befinden sich sowohl ikonische als auch unbekannte Fotos, unter anderem von Lewis Hine, Chien-Chi Chang, Abbas, Robert de Hartogh, Wang Fuchun, Dorothea Lange, Stephan Vanfleteren, Ara Güler, Leonard Freed, Ata Kandó und Ishiuchi Miyako. Mit Textbeiträgen von Joumana el Zein Khoury, Stine Jensen, Hanneke Mantel, Rim Battal, Rodaan al Galidi, Danny Ramadan, Anke Reitz, C Pam Zhang und Asma Khan. Begleitbuch zur Einweihung des FENIX-Museums in Rotterdam am 16. Mai 2025. Alle Bilder des Buches werden in der gleichnamigen Ausstellung zu sehen sein.
