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"People come and go, and they leave behind these things. How do they exist on their own?"
Join ICP this Thursday for a screening of Jade Doskow: Photographer of Lost Utopias, a film that chronicles ICP faculty member ’s ten year journey documenting the monumental architectural works from past world’s fairs. Filmmaker Philip Shane () follows the architectural landscape photographer as she lugs around her 4x5 large format camera, traveling to cities across the globe.
This film will screen in ICP's cafe. RSVP is recommended but not required. Find the full trailer for this film and RSVP here:
https://bit.ly/3iLqCay.
Born today in 1942, Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) met photographer Gordon Parks in the 1960s, after the renowned boxer had become an international celebrity but also a divisive figure due to his status as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War.
Gordon photographed Ali for a Life magazine feature, and authored the personal and revealing article that accompanied the images, kicking off a relationship between the two that would extend past the Life assignment.
Image: Gordon Parks, Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), 1970. Museum Purchase, International Fund for Concerned Photography, 1974 (377.1974)
From ICP's collection—Coretta Scott King hugging Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. outside of a Montgomery, Alabama courtroom.
The Kings were both social activists, with their home serving as a place for gatherings related to civil rights work as well as church groups. The two would strategize, work to craft King's compelling speeches and sermons, and travel around the world together, united in their commitment to social justice.
Image: Charles Moore, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gets a hug from his wife, Coretta Scott King, outside a Montgomery, Alabama courtroom, 1958. Gift of Jeanette & Howard Chapnick, 2003 (222.2003.2)
Opening at ICP the evening of January 26, Between Friends: From the ICP Collection presents seven decades of photographers portraying their friends in snapshots and casual studio portraits, providing rare glimpses of moments of intimacy and collaboration.
The exhibition features portraits of artists and writers such as Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, Helen Frankenthaler, Georgia O’Keefe, and Saul Steinberg by well-known photographers and artists including Ansel Adams, Berenice Abbott, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Stieglitz, and Andy Warhol. Between Friends also calls attention to many women photographers from ICP’s collection, including Nell Dorr, Lotte Jacobi, Consuelo Kanaga, and Barbara Morgan.
Between Friends, which marks the continuance of ICP's new series of exhibitions drawn from the collection, is curated by Sara Ickow. Learn more:
https://bit.ly/3GGaCON.
Image: Barbara Morgan, Beaumont Newhall, Ansel Adams, and Willard Morgan in Barbara's Studio, 1942 (printed ca. 1972). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ruttenberg, 1986 (537.1986). Courtesy the Barbara and Willard Morgan photographs and papers, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
Opening soon—Face to Face: Portraits of Artists by Tacita Dean, Brigitte Lacombe and Catherine Opie features photographs and films that capture luminaries of our time from music, film, art, and literature. These works "offer us formality and intimacy, patience and curiosity, and the thrill of an unguarded moment,” said curator Helen Molesworth. “I see all three artists involved in making pictures that are not only in dialogue with their given subjects, but also with the history of the genre of portraiture and the medium of photography."
Face to Face will open with a community celebration the evening of Thursday, January 26. The exhibition will be on view simultaneously with Between Friends: From the ICP Collection.
Learn more:
https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/face-to-face-portraits-of-artists-by-tacita-dean-brigitte-lacombe-and-catherine-opie.
Image: Brigitte Lacombe, Glenn Ligon, New York, NY, 2020. © Brigitte Lacombe
Something a little spooky for Friday the 13th 😈
From ICP's collection, an infrared shot by Masaaki Miyazawa.
Images: Masaaki Miyazawa, Awakening Sounds of Insight, May 11, 1984. Gift of the photographer, 1985 (83.1985)
How's your photo knowledge? Test your skills with an 📝 These quizzes will go up in our Instagram Stories each Wednesday (starting today!) for the rest of the month, each time asking a trivia question focused around a different image and/or photographer from ICP's collection.
Head on over to our IG now to find the first quiz:
https://www.instagram.com/icp/?hl=en
Image: Robert Capa, [Girl at a school desk, England], ca. 1943. The Robert Capa and Cornell Capa Archive, Gift of Cornell and Edith Capa, 2010 (2010.90.850)
Announcing ICP's 2023 39th Annual Infinity Award Honorees 🏆
The 39th annual ICP Infinity Awards will be held on the evening of Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at Ziegfeld Ballroom (141 West 54th Street, New York City). The event is ICP’s largest fundraiser and benefits its full range of education and exhibition programs. We are delighted to announce the 2023 honorees of our annual Infinity Awards, the leading honor for excellence in the field:
⭐ Lifetime Achievement: Ming Smith
⭐ Contemporary Photography and New Media: Poulomi Basu
⭐ Critical Writing, Research, and Theory: Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
⭐ Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism: Zora J Murff
⭐ Trustees Award: Joyce Cowin
For ticket and table inquiries, contact
[email protected]. Find more info and full honoree bios on ICP's website:
https://www.icp.org/infinity-awards. Sponsored by Hearst and Harbers Studios.
Images: Ming Smith, Poulomi Basu, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Zora J Murff
"Close Enough...unfolds the complex gender dynamics that women experience behind the camera." —Hyperallergic
Close Enough excels in its investigation of gender and of the "boundaries of proximity" between subject and photographer, according to Hyperallergic. You only have through Monday to see the show, alongside Death in the Making, which continues the examination of the photographer-subject relationship, while shedding new light on the work of Gerda Taro, David "Chim" Seymour, and Robert Capa.
Read the full review:
https://hyperallergic.com/789063/charting-photography-gender-dynamics-icp/
Image: Olivia Arthur, from In Private, 2018. © Olivia Arthur / Magnum Photos
"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough.”
—Robert Capa
Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum takes its name from Robert Capa's famous quote, examining the idea of what it means for a photographer to "get close" to their subject. Join us tomorrow on one of the final days of the exhibition from 1–1:30 PM for the last installment in the Getting Closer series, where Nanna Heitman and Myriam Boulos will discuss their projects on view and their relationship with their subjects. Watch online or visit in-person for the livestream in ICP's library. Find more info and register here:
https://www.icp.org/events/getting-closer-nanna-heitmann-and-myriam-boulos
Images: Nanna Heitmann, Police man at a pro-Novalny Protest, 2022. © Nanna Heitmann / Magnum Photos; Myriam Boulos, Jasmine and Laura-Joy kissing in the grand theater, Beirut, Lebanon, October 20, 2019. © Myriam Boulos / Magnum Photos
Winter images from the collection—we're dreaming of snow over here at ICP (though it doesn't seem likely in NYC, does it?)
Shake off the winter blues by visiting us tonight from 6–9 PM for jazz in the galleries and a 6:30 PM champagne toast! Find more info here:
https://www.icp.org/events/new-years-toast-at-late-night-icp.
Image 1: Alfred Eisenstaedt, Headwaiter Renée Breguet of Grand Hotel St. Moritz serving cocktails on ice rink, 1932. Gift of Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1989 (332.1989)
Image 2: André Kertész, Washington Square, Winter, 1954. Gift of Igor Bakht, 1986 (915.1986)
Image 3: Robert Capa, [Skier during Carnival, Zürs, Austria], 1959–50 (printed 2013). The Robert Capa and Cornell Capa Archive, 2013 (2013.92.70)
Image 4: Sonja Bullaty, [Snow covered trees] (detail), 1970s. Gift of Sonja Bullaty, 1982 (95.1982)
When Cristina de Middel placed an ad in Rio de Janeiro newspapers offering to pay male clients of s*x workers for an hour of their time, the response was overwhelming. de Middel began photographing and interviewing clientele, claiming the position of the “client” that the men traditionally occupied—booking a hotel room for an hour, then paying the men the same amount that they would pay a s*x worker. The result, her ongoing project Gentlemen’s Club (2015–2022) moves between global locations and cultures, providing intimate encounters with the men who responded to de Middel’s invitation.
Learn more about the project by visiting us through Monday, January 9.
https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/close-enough-new-perspectives-from-12-women-photographers-of-magnum
Images: Cristina de Middel, Adeshina, 25 years, Lagos, 2018. © Cristina de Middel / Magnum Photos; Cristina de Middel, Newton, 43 years, Rio de Janiero, 2015. © Cristina de Middel / Magnum Photos; Installation image by Scott Rudd Events for ICP
Explore new photography in the new year! This month, we say farewell to our fall exhibitions with a toast, and open two new shows at the end of January. Join us as we start the month with:
A New Year's Toast at Late Night ICP, Jan 5, 6–9 PM—Toast in ICP's cafe at 6:30 PM, and enjoy an in-gallery jazz quartet all evening while seeing our fall exhibitions (closing Jan 9)
Getting Closer: Nanna Heitman and Myriam Boulos, Jan 7, 1–1:30 PM—An online conversation between two photographers in Close Enough, via Zoom and live-streamed in ICP's library
Cameras and Coffee: Community Meet-Up, Jan 14, 11 AM–12 PM—Connect with ICP's community during our monthly meet-up in the ICP cafe.
Plus portfolio reviews, and the opening of our two new exhibitions—see the full event calendar:
https://www.icp.org/events.
Image by Scott Rudd Events for ICP.