International Center of Photography - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for International Center of Photography. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Susan Meiselas "In History"
Since the 1970s, questions of ethics raised by documentary practice have been central to debates in photography. Perhaps no other photographer has so closely and consistently represented and participated (...)
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Cornell Capa "Concerned Photographer"
Cornell Capa chose the phrase "concerned photographer" to describe those photographers who demonstrated in their work a humanitarian impulse to use pictures to change the world, not just to record it. (...)
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"America and the Tintype" Exhibition
One of the most intriguing and little studied forms of nineteenth-century photography is the tintype. Introduced in 1856 as a low-cost alternative to the daguerreotype and the albumen print, the tintype (...)
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"Living with the Dead: W. Eugene Smith and World War 2" Exhibition
Among the most compelling and heart-rending photographs ever taken of warfare are those made by W. Eugene Smith during World War II. On assignment from Ziff-Davis and LIFE magazine, Smith (1918–1978) covered (...)
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"Heavy Light : Art and Photography in Japan Today" Symposium
Join selected artists from ICP's upcoming exhibition "Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan" for an afternoon symposium to discuss their work. The moderators of the sessions will be exhibition (...)
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"Heavy Light: A Conversation with Hiroh Kikai"
On the occasion of the publication of "Asakusa Portaits" by ICP/Steidl, Mr. Kikai will discuss his photographic work with Noriko Fuku and Christopher Phillips. Hiroh Kikai has carried out an ongoing series (...)
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"Arbus/Avedon/Model: Selections from the Bank of America LaSalle Collection" Exhibition
This exhibition brings together works by three of the most important photographers of the 1960s: Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, and Lisette Model. The intense creative relationships between these three artists (...)
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"Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan" Exhibition
"Heavy Light" will present the exciting and highly individualistic work of a new generation of Japanese artists who have come of age following the Asian economic crash of 1990. For the last several years, (...)
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"Bill Wood's Business" Exhibition
Bill Wood's business was photography—and he produced tens of thousands of images over the course of his career. From 1937 (the tail end of the Great Depression) through the boom years that followed World (...)
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Archive Fever "Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art"
Organized by renowned scholar and ICP Adjunct Curator Okwui Enwezor, Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art will present works by leading contemporary artists who use archival documents (...)
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Barbara Bloom "The Collections of Barbara Bloom"
Photographer, designer, and installation artist Barbara Bloom (b. 1951) has built her career out of questioning appearances, exploring the desire for possessions, and commenting on the act of collecting. (...)




