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| ICP (International Center of Photography) | |
|---|---|
| Name | International Center of Photography |
| Established | 1974 |
| Location | 79 Essex Street, New York City |
| Type | Photography museum and school |
| Director | ??? |
ICP (International Center of Photography) The International Center of Photography is a museum, school, and archive dedicated to the history and contemporary practice of photography and visual culture. Founded in 1974, it has acted as a nexus between curatorial institutions, artists, and communities, engaging with collections, exhibitions, pedagogy, and research. ICP's activities intersect with museums, galleries, and cultural organizations worldwide.
ICP was founded in 1974 by Cornell Capa amid the milieu of New York cultural institutions such as Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and New York Public Library. Early years involved collaborations and tensions with contemporaries including Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Robert Frank. The institution’s development paralleled exhibitions and initiatives associated with Photography figures like Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Edmund Teske, and Imogen Cunningham, as well as partnerships with organizations such as Smithsonian Institution, Tate Modern, Getty Research Institute, National Gallery of Art, and Victoria and Albert Museum. ICP relocated and expanded amid urban projects and cultural shifts involving SoHo, Manhattan, Lower East Side, Manhattan, and redevelopment plans tied to municipal actors like New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and philanthropic bodies such as Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation.
ICP’s collections encompass vintage prints, archives, negatives, and ephemera linked to photographers and institutions including Gordon Parks, Weegee, Elliott Erwitt, Mary Ellen Mark, Susan Meiselas, Sally Mann, Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, André Kertész, Man Ray, Brassaï, August Sander, Eugène Atget, Lewis Hine, Walker Evans, Berenice Abbott, Paul Strand, Jacob Riis, Henri Cartier-Bresson, W. Eugene Smith, and collections related to agencies and periodicals such as Magnum Photos, Black Star (photo agency), Life (magazine), Time (magazine), and Harper's Bazaar. Holdings include archives from documentary projects linked to Civil Rights Movement, World War II, Vietnam War, and social histories documented by figures like Seymour Chwast and institutions like National Archives and Records Administration. The archive supports provenance research, conservation, and cataloging practices in dialogue with standards from International Council on Archives and preservation programs at Library of Congress.
ICP stages thematic and monographic exhibitions featuring work by photographers and artists such as Vivian Maier, Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Robert Capa, Imogen Cunningham, Ansel Adams, Helmut Newton, Andreas Gursky, Sebastião Salgado, An-My Lê, Shirin Neshat, Zanele Muholi, Tina Barney, Rineke Dijkstra, Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, Aleksandr Rodchenko, László Moholy-Nagy, and contemporary artists connected to biennials and festivals like Venice Biennale, Documenta, Whitney Biennial, Photoville, and Rencontres d'Arles. ICP’s programming often intersects with film and media artists represented at venues such as MoMA PS1, New Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and international partners including Centre Pompidou and Hamburger Bahnhof.
ICP School offers certificate and continuing education programs drawing students and faculty linked to institutions such as Columbia University, New York University, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, School of Visual Arts, and Yale School of Art. Workshops, community partnerships, and initiatives reach audiences through collaborations with nonprofits like Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, International Rescue Committee, and cultural festivals such as Photoville and Open House New York. ICP’s outreach has engaged neighborhoods and constituencies connected to Lower East Side, Manhattan, Harlem, Brooklyn, and international exchange programs with institutions in London, Paris, Tokyo, São Paulo, and Cape Town.
ICP publishes catalogs, monographs, and critical studies in formats comparable to outputs from Aperture (magazine), Time-Life Books, Steidl, Phaidon, Taschen, and academic presses like Oxford University Press and Yale University Press. Research initiatives produce scholarship on figures such as Gordon Parks, Walker Evans, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and topics aligned with exhibitions at museums including Museum of Modern Art and Getty Research Institute. ICP’s publishing program supports essays and projects by critics and historians affiliated with The New Yorker, The New York Times, Artforum, Aperture, and academic journals connected to Columbia University and New York University.
ICP has occupied multiple locations in New York City, with facilities hosting galleries, classrooms, conservation labs, and archives in neighborhoods including Lower East Side, Manhattan and Chelsea, Manhattan. Physical infrastructure and climate-controlled archival spaces follow standards promoted by International Council of Museums, American Alliance of Museums, and conservation programs at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Library of Congress. Public amenities and exhibition spaces have allowed collaborations with neighboring institutions such as Tenement Museum, New Museum, and Brooklyn Academy of Music.
ICP’s governance includes a board of trustees and leadership engaging donors, foundations, and governmental cultural agencies such as Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, and National Endowment for the Arts. Institutional partnerships and funding models mirror practices at Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim Museum, and university-affiliated centers like Stanford University and Harvard University cultural programs.
Category:Photography museums and galleries in the United States