The Family of Man
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The Family of Man is a landmark 1955 photography exhibition and book curated by Edward Steichen that presented hundreds of images from around the world to celebrate universal human experiences and shared humanity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Family of Man canonical | 2 |
| The Family of Man exhibition (Clervaux Castle) | 1 |
| photography exhibition The Family of Man | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14705963 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Family of Man Context triple: [Edward Steichen, notableWork, The Family of Man]
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A.
The Family of Man
The Family of Man is a monumental abstract sculpture by Barbara Hepworth that explores human unity and interconnectedness through a series of standing stone-like forms.
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B.
Subway Portraits
Subway Portraits is a renowned series of candid photographs by Walker Evans capturing anonymous New York City subway riders in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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C.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) is a landmark collection of documentary images depicting impoverished tenant farmers in the American South during the Great Depression, created to accompany James Agee’s influential text of the same name.
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D.
American Photographs
American Photographs is a landmark 1938 photobook by Walker Evans that powerfully documents American life during the Great Depression and helped define modern documentary photography.
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The Steerage (Alfred Stieglitz)
"The Steerage" is a landmark 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, celebrated as an early masterpiece of modernist photography for its striking composition and social commentary on class and immigration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Family of Man Target entity description: The Family of Man is a landmark 1955 photography exhibition and book curated by Edward Steichen that presented hundreds of images from around the world to celebrate universal human experiences and shared humanity.
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A.
The Family of Man
The Family of Man is a monumental abstract sculpture by Barbara Hepworth that explores human unity and interconnectedness through a series of standing stone-like forms.
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B.
Subway Portraits
Subway Portraits is a renowned series of candid photographs by Walker Evans capturing anonymous New York City subway riders in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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C.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) is a landmark collection of documentary images depicting impoverished tenant farmers in the American South during the Great Depression, created to accompany James Agee’s influential text of the same name.
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D.
American Photographs
American Photographs is a landmark 1938 photobook by Walker Evans that powerfully documents American life during the Great Depression and helped define modern documentary photography.
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E.
The Steerage (Alfred Stieglitz)
"The Steerage" is a landmark 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, celebrated as an early masterpiece of modernist photography for its striking composition and social commentary on class and immigration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Family of Man