This book focuses on one of the most successful photography exhibitions in history The Family
of Man. With The Family of Man as its reference point this collection of essays takes a closer
look at visual and material objects. It examines their relevance for educational issues and
exhibition designs. We understand these issues in their broadest sense to encompass processes
of citizenship and identity formation and the adoption and or preservation of ethical and
political values with effects that range from the micro to the macro from the national to the
international level. The overall hypothesis of this volume is that images objects and designs
were created and employed as performers and performances that interacted with and attracted
mass Audiences. This book not only looks at how the presentational representational and social
power of images objects and designs was deliberately used by political and cultural
stakeholders during the mid-1950s but also how these technologies of display travelled through
time and space and as historical objects interacted-and continue to interact-with new
contexts and Audiences.
