Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography and Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne; Exhibition itinerary, Jeu de Paume, Paris, October 9-December 30, 2007; Musée de l'Elysâee, Lausanne, January 17-March 23, 2008; Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, April 12-June 8, 2008; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, June 24-September 22, 2008.Introduction : """"A boy who has new ideas"""" / William A. Ewing -- Steichen as symbolist -- Plates: 1895-1914 -- Peinture áa la Lumiáere: 1898-1907 / Ronald J. Gedrim -- Edward Steichen in Camera Work / Catherine Coleman -- Plates: 1915-1922 -- Finding the real magician--light itself : Voulangis, 1908-22 / Ronald J. Gedrim -- Edward Steichen : a passion for color / Pamela G. Roberts -- Steichen as modernist -- Plates: 1922-1936 -- The modernist fashion : Steichen's commercial photography between the wars / Patricia Johnston -- The soul of the photographer / Joanna T. Steichen -- Plates: 1940-1955 -- Edward Steichen as exhibition designer / Olivier Lugon -- Steichen then, now, and again : legacies of an icon / A. D. Coleman -- Lives in photography -- Chronology / Nathalie Herschdorfer -- Selected bibliography / compiled by Amâelie Lavin and Pauline Martin.