Published in English and French by Atelier EXB on the occasion of the exhibition Steichen’s Nature at the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival, this richly illustrated volume explores Edward Steichen’s lifelong fascination with the natural world.Featuring photographs, paintings, drawings, and archival materials drawn primarily from the collections of the National Museum of Archaeology, History, and Art, the Spuerkeess Foundation, and the City of Luxembourg Photo Library, the book reveals the central role nature played in Steichen’s artistic vision.The volume includes essays by Francesca Calderone-Steichen, Steichen’s granddaughter, as well as Sarah Anne McNear, author of Edward Steichen and the Garden, among other notable contributors.
Published by Actes Sud as part of the acclaimed Photo Poche series, which has introduced generations of readers to the work of great photographers through accessible, pocket-sized volumes, this new, revised edition offers a fresh perspective on Edward Steichen’s work. Featuring a newly curated selection of photographs, it reflects the breadth of his extraordinary career. The volume includes an introduction by the distinguished photography historian William A. Ewing, one of the leading scholars of Steichen’s life and work.
March 2026. Yale University Press. Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and independent bookstores.
Edward Steichen: The Luxembourg Bequest Edited by Michel Polfer, Gilles Zeimet. Available for preorder.
The Family of Man“"Symbolizes the universality of human emotions," The New York Times. The book, in which all of the photographs from the exhibition are reproduced, was first produced by a magazine publisher and sold in hundreds of thousands on newsstands and in airport shops. In more recent years, the book has been published by the Museum. The present Thirtieth Anniversary Edition was prepared from original photographs with all new duotone plates in 1986.” From MoMA.
Steichen the PhotographerBy Carl Sandburg. From AbeBooks.com.
Edward Steichen by Gerd Hurm. From Editions Schortgen.
The First Picture BookBy Mary Steichen Calderone; Edward Steichen & John Updike. Available through Amazon.
Steichen, A BiographyThe definitive biography by Penelope Niven "Steichen was a rebel, stubbornly independent and largely self-taught, who also believed passionately in the fundamental intersections of art and life." Soft cover shown. Available through Amazon.
Edward Steichen, In High FashionFrom WW Norton. Available through Barnes & Noble.
The Family of Man Revisited: Photography in a Global AgeEdited by by Gerd Hurm, Anke Reitz, and Shamoon Zamir. Available through Barnes & Noble.
The Bitter Years: Edward Steichen and the Farm Security Administration PhotographsEdited by Françoise Poos, Essays by Jean Back, Gabriel Bauret, Antoinette Lorang, Miles Orvell, Ariane Pollet. From Amazon.
Steichen: A Life in Photography By Edward Steichen and published in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art. From Doubleday and Company. Available through Abe Books.
Camera AloftBy Von Hardesty. Available through Barnes & Noble.
Edward Steichen, Lives in PhotographyBy Todd Brandow and William A. Ewing. From WW Norton. Available through Barnes & Noble
My Connemara By Paula Steichen. From Amazon.
Sandburg : Photographers View Carl Sandburg, by Edward Steichen (1966)By Edward Steichen. Available through Amazon.
Real Fantasies, Edward Steichen's Advertising PhotographyBy Patricia Jonston from University of California Press. From Barnes & Noble.
Steichen's LegacyBy Joanna Steichen, including over 315 works by Edward Steichen. From Knopf. Available through Amazon.
Carl Sandburg: A BiographyBy Penelope Niven. .Available through Barnes & Noble.
The Photographer in the Garden From Aperture Foundation..
Color RushFrom Aperture Foundation.
Edward Steichen : The Early Yearsby Joel Smith. Available through Amazon.
Steichen in Color: Portraits, Fashion & Experiments by Edward SteichenGeorge Eastman Museum with forward by Joanna Steichen. Available through Amazon.
Steichen at Warby Christopher Phillips. From Amazon.