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A Socialist Family of Man. Rita Maahs' and Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler's Exhibition Vom Glück des Menschen

  • In 1967, an exhibition opened in East Berlin that proposed, through an overload of images, to unite the histories of the Soviet Union and the GDR, and to confront international photography exhibitions produced in the United States and West Germany. More than the design principles and methods of this show, entitled Vom Glück des Menschen or On the Happiness of People, directly connect it with Edward Steichen’s The Family of Man exhibition, first presented at MoMA in New York in 1953. Its original title was in fact The Socialist Family of Man, and its designers addressed Steichen’s show directly with a scathing critique that echoes the critical discourse in general around The Family of Man. Ultimately, and despite the acknowledged relationship of the exhibition to its Western model, Vom Glück des Menschen also departed from it, crafting a narrative through photographs specifically designed for a socialist society under construction.

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Author:Sarah GoodrumGND
URL:https://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/2-2015/5245
DOI:https://doi.org/10.14765/zzf.dok-1451
Parent Title (English):Zeithistorische Forschungen - Studies in Contemporary History
Publisher:ZZF – Centre for Contemporary History: Zeithistorische Forschungen
Place of publication:Potsdam
Document Type:Journal Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2015/10/06
Date of first Publication:2015/10/06
Release Date:2019/07/23
Volume:12
Issue:2
First Page:370
Last Page:382
ZZF Regional-Classification:Europa
Europa / Westeuropa
Europa / Westeuropa / Deutschland
Amerika
Amerika / Nordamerika
Amerika / Nordamerika / USA
Europa / Westeuropa / Deutschland / DDR
ZZF Topic-Classification:Fotografie
Politik
Staatssozialismus
Kultur
Kunst
Medien
Kalter Krieg
Ausstellungen
Visual History
Kommunismus
Transnationale Geschichte
Internationale Beziehungen
Cold War Studies
Propaganda
Verflechtung
ZZF Chronological-Classification:1950er
1960er
1945-
Web-Publications:Zeithistorische Forschungen
Studies in Contemporary History: Articles:2 / 2015 Fotografie in Diktaturen
Publication type:Rezension
Licence (German):License LogoZZF - Clio Lizenz