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...there an underlying theme that runs through the history of art, from the figures scratched on walls of prehistoric caves to splashes and forms on contemporary canvases? There is, says Dorothy Norman, poet, editor, photographer, art critic and publisher (who captioned Edward Steichen's photographic show The Family of Man). Her thesis is expressed in a challenging show, on view this week at Manhattan's Willard Gallery, and soon to begin a U.S. tour sponsored by the American Federation of Arts. What man has been doing through the ages, says Dorothy Norman, is reporting on his own "heroic...
...Overseas Press Club luncheon in Manhattan, snow-topped Poet Carl Sandburg, in town for a photography exhibition staged by his brother-in-law, famed Cameraman Edward Steichen, told the icwsmen why Steichen's good health is unlikely to wane soon; "Steichen was 76 last April, and he will be 77 next April-my present age. That's the Crapshooter's number, which you're sure to live through...
...Poet Sandburg overstepped his poetic license; Steichen will be 76 next March...
Wisdom Series (Sun. 5 p.m.. NBC). With Photographer Edward Steichen...
...Printed Page. Young photographers seem jaded by technical perfection, regard stark effects that were considered shattering a decade or two ago merely as snapshots. Says Edward Steichen: "We hate clarity, and want feeling in what we photograph. We think that there is a deadly monotony in technical procedure . . . Anyone can take pictures, but we need at least 200 years before photography really gets good...