# how to get picture from "The Family of Man"

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**Created:** [June 22, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-picture-from-the-family-of-man/409003 "2007-06-22T15:01:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-picture-from-the-family-of-man/409003/1 "2007-06-22T15:01:17Z")

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There is a picture in this[book](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_of_Man) that has stayed with me for a very long time. It is of an African hunter getting ready to dispatch (with a spear) an antelope while his son and dogs look on. It is a stunning photograph with seemingly everything perfectly in place for an important yet everyday (for them) event.

I’d like to get a good quality copy of it. How can I get a nice copy and hang it on my wall?

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-picture-from-the-family-of-man/409003/2 "2007-06-22T16:10:54Z")

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Best bet: Drop a line on MOMA-- on their website there is probably a link to “image reproduction queries” or something. If you have an accession number/ object number for the photo from the catalogue or back of the book it might help. Any copy they can get for you (unless it’s been made a poster) will be a ‘good’ copy as well as ‘exorbitant’. If it’s been made a poster or something they might have copies left (you might ask–make sure they know you’re not looking for publishing a repro or anything like that)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-picture-from-the-family-of-man/409003/3 "2007-06-22T20:00:43Z")

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We had that book growing up. I remember that particular photo very well. I also think I saw a reprint of that book just a few years ago - check the usual online suspects (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Alibris) and I’ll bet you’ll find a copy. You might then be able to take a photo of the image yourself and get it professionally developed/enlarged. If the image is not otherwise commercially available, you’re not taking money from the pocket of the photographer, so I wouldn’t sweat the copyright.