Humanity a Celebration of Life

The Complete M.I.L.K. collection. Moments – Intimacy – Laughter – Kinship.
Inspired by the 1950s landmark photographic exhibition, “The Family of Man,” M.I.L.K. began as an epic global search to develop a collection of extraordinary and geographically diverse images portraying humanity’s Moments of Intimacy, Laughter and Kinship (M.I.L.K.). This search took the form of a photographic competition – probably the biggest, and almost certainly the most ambitious of its kind ever to be conducted. With a world-record prize pool, and renowned Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt as Chief Judge, the M.I.L.K. competition attracted 17,000 photographers from 164 countries. Three hundred winning images were chosen from the over 40,000 photographs submitted to form the basis of the M.I.L.K. Collection.