Edward Steichen (March_27, 1879-March_25, 1973) was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator, born within Luxembourg. His personal moved to the United States within 1881 and he became a naturalized citizen in 1900. Inside 1905, Steichen helped create a Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession.

In the beginning of the 20th century, Steichen assumed the pictorialist approach and proved himself an expert within it. When World War 1, during which he commanded a photographic section of the Expeditionary Forces, he reverted to straight photography, gradually come in fashion photography.

Inside World War II he served as Director of the Naval Photographic Institute. Fallowing a war, Steichen served until 1962 when a Director of Photography at Up to date York's Museum of Modern Art.

Among more accomplishments, Steichen is appreciated for creating The Family of Man in 1955, a immense exhibition consisting of terminated Five hundred photograph that depicted life, love & demise within 68 countries. Steichen's brother-inside-law, Carl Sandburg, wrote the introduction for the exhibition catalog (ISBN 0810961695). When experienced been Steichen's wish, a exhibition was donated to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. These are okay, for good housed in the Luxembourg village Clervaux [http://www.luxembourg.co.uk/clervaux.html].