VOA Reviews CPD Intern’s Photo Exhibit

Rachel Abrams of the Voice of America reviews CPD Intern Paul Rockower's photo exhibit, "The 21st Century Family of Man."

"Now, a smaller, modern version of the famed 1955 exhibition called 'The 21st Century Family of Man' is on display at USC.

"It really came together as a reimagining of the original family of man exhibit and trying to take the most famous photography exhibit and trying to give a modern spin to it," says Paul Rockower, the 29-year-old USC graduate student whose 70 photographs make up the exhibit. Rockower has travelled and studied abroad since he was a teenager, taking pictures of people, places and landscapes.

"'The 21st Century Family of Man' shows people going about their daily lives, as well as the structures and cities that showcase human creativity."




Like the original family of man exhibition, the 21st century show also fosters communication across cultures, says Professor Nicholas Cull. "You see a little bit of the world through someone else's eyes and you catch a moment in somebody's life. And there are some beautiful pictures, especially the pictures of parents and children together, that are very moving, and you immediately identify with the people in the picture irrespective of their culture or their nationality."