The Family of Migrants – Fototentoonstelling

Migration in focus

The people in the photos in The Family of Migrants are all on the move. They want better opportunities, adventure or safety, a new beginning. Some pack their bags; others do not have the chance to take belongings with them. They leave family or friends behind, board a train, cross borders, and build something new. The photos tell stories of farewells, grief, love, family, and hope.

Historical and contemporary photography

In The Family of Migrants, you see photographs from the late nineteenth century to the present: a mix of documentary photography, portraits, and journalistic images from international archives, museum collections, image banks, and newspapers. Fenix curated the exhibition in collaboration with photographers, archivists, curators, and photo editors from around the world. Together, they selected images by Abbas, Eva Besnyö, Chien-Chi Chang, Robert de Hartogh, Fouad Elkoury, Lewis Hine, Ata Kandó, Dorothea Lange, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Emin Özmen, Sergey Ponomarev, and Alfred Stieglitz, among others.

A tribute to The Family of Man

The Family of Migrants is inspired by the iconic photo exhibition The Family of Man , which was on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955. That exhibition told the universal story of humanity. The Family of Migrants does the same, but with a focus on migration.

Visit The Family of Migrants and discover migration through the lens of iconic photographers.

Publication

Accompanying the photo exhibition The Family of Migrants is a publication of the same name, published by Hannibal Books. The publication is available at bookstores worldwide and at Fenix.