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An exhibition entitled Edward Steichen - The Artist’s view is currently on display at the national museum of history and art (MNHA). The exhibition brings together Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf and Belgian visual artist Hans Op de Beeck to bring their unique perspective on the museum’s collection of photo prints by the celebrated Luxembourgish Photographer Edward Steichen. Lis Hausemer, assistant curator of the exhibition joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to talk to us about it. Edward Steichen was born in Luxembourg in 1879. After emigrating to the USA at a young age, Steichen went on to become photographer, painter, and curator, renowned as one of the most prolific and influential figures in the history of photography. The MNHA possesses a large collection of Edward Steichen prints that were gifted to the museum after the photographers death. For this exhibition they have enlisted Olaf and Op de Beek to present their own influence and interpretation of Steichen's work through a selection of