The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture. Cornell Capa founded ICP in 1974 to champion “concerned photography” — socially and politically minded images that can educate and change the world. Through our exhibitions, education programs, community outreach, and public programs, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the power of the image.
ICP at THE POINT: Our Stories, Our Light is an exhibition of photographs by students from the International Center of Photography’s partnership with THE POINT CDC, which celebrates local voices honoring the people, places, and things that keep us uplifted in our everyday lives.
Learn MoreICP at THE POINT: Beauty in Being is an exhibition of photographs by students from the International Center of Photography’s partnership with THE POINT CDC, which celebrates local voices honoring the people, places, and things that keep us uplifted in our everyday lives.
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ICP at THE POINT: Ready to Rise is an exhibition of photographs by students and alumni from the International Center of Photography’s Community Partnership with THE POINT CDC.
Learn MoreThis exhibition celebrates local voices picturing the sorrows and joys of daily life as we heal and transform in community with one another.
Learn MoreA multimedia installation that through evidentiary material, tells the story of a deadly car crash in Brooklyn and its impact on the community.
The Future Perfect brings together work from the last five years of students who graduated from three programs at the International Center of Photography: General Studies, Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism, and the MFA.
Learn MoreCALL + RESPONSE + RESPONSE – presented by the International Center of Photography featuring the 2015 ICP-Bard MFA Candidates – is an immersive exhibition that demonstrates how photography operates as a conversational tool that initiates engagement and triggers discourse.
Learn MoreThis mini-exhibition is a selection of work from the students of the 2013 One-Year Certificate Programs at the ICP School, and showcases the amazing talents of these recent alumni.
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A Youth Artist Exchange panel featuring International Center of Photography!
Learn MoreReceive key feedback and guidance on next steps with your photographs and stories from ICP staff and faculty!
Learn MoreHone your street photography skills with a hands-on photo walk across the Brooklyn Bridge!
Learn MoreReceive key feedback and guidance on next steps with your photographs and stories from ICP staff and faculty!
Learn MoreCome join us at the ICP tent for some zine-making! No prior registration necessary.
Learn MoreJoin us for a hands-on workshop photographing the DUMBO neighborhood!
Learn MoreA practical 2-hour workshop introducing visual journalists to safety as a pillar for professionalism and best practice.
Learn MoreThis workshop introduces students to the magic of taking photographs along New York’s waterways, with a focus on the DUMBO waterfront.
Learn MoreReceive key feedback and guidance on next steps with your photographs and stories from ICP staff and faculty!
Learn MoreJoin ICP faculty members Abigail Montes and Tiffany Williams for a hands-on imagemaking activity exploring DUMBO while learning basic photographic techniques!
Learn MoreCome join us at the ICP tent for some zine-making! No prior registration necessary.
Learn MoreJoin ICP for a workshop introducing students to the magic of taking photographs along New York’s waterways, with a focus on the DUMBO waterfront!
Learn MoreJoin ICP for a hands-on imagemaking activity for all ages! Participants will learn basic photographic techniques and use whatever imagemaking device they have to celebrate the people, places, and things that make DUMBO come to life!
Learn MoreLearn how to make your own zines (mini-magazine) using recycled and repurposed images.
Learn MoreJoin photographer, community activist, and Lower East Side–native Destiny Mata for an image making walking tour of LES’s Alphabet City! As the popular saying goes, “The best camera in the world is the one that’s with you.” In this hands-on workshop participants learn how to elevate their photos from casual snapshots to frame-worthy personal images using the image making device most accessible to them.
Learn MoreICP Community Programs: Teen Storytellers Impacting Change is a panel featuring current students and alumni in conversation on the roles that photography plays in fostering self-confidence, community building, and social change, especially now during these unprecedented times.
Learn MoreICP Curator at Large Isolde Brielmaier leads a conversation on the connections between the past, present, and future of imagemaking.
Learn MoreUsing Tyler Mitchell’s exhibition, I Can Make You Feel Good, at the International Center of Photography (ICP), as a springboard, photographers Quil Lemons and Arielle Bobb-Willis will share their work and have a conversation led by ICP’s curator-at-large, Isolde Brielmaier.
Learn MoreThe panel will conclude with a dynamic discussion among the participants and the audience of youth photographers, in an effort to engage in a greater dialogue about how photography can serve as a platform for youth to tell their own stories, build community, and impact change.
Learn MoreJoin us for a hands-on workshop photographing the DUMBO neighborhood at sunset!
Learn MoreCurrent students and alumni from International Center of Photography’s Community Programs will share their images and writing, and reflect on the roles that photography plays in fostering self-confidence, community building, and social change.
Learn MoreDrop by the family activity tent and make your own zine using recycled magazine and folding techniques!
Learn MoreIn this panel, high school photographers from photography programs throughout New York City will present and discuss their work.
Learn MoreICP’s Community Partnerships and Teen Academy together serve over 900 young people throughout the city each year by developing their knowledge of photography, critical thinking, writing, and public speaking.
Learn MoreICP’s Community Partnerships and Teen Academy together serve over 900 young people throughout the city each year by developing their knowledge of photography, critical thinking, writing and public speaking. Current students and alumni from these programs will share their images and writing, and reflect on the roles that photography plays in fostering self-confidence, community building and social change.
Learn MorePanelists will discuss the role of higher education in contemporary photography. How does the photographic practice relate to visual arts, literature, film, and journalism? How do educators keep up with technological developments? How does social media activism interact with photography education? What are some of the approaches to different techniques and materials? What role does photographic history and tradition play in today’s classroom? Special thanks to Rick Schatzberg for conceiving this panel.
Learn MoreICP’s Community Partnerships and Teen Academy together serve more than 900 young people throughout the city each year by developing their knowledge of photography, critical thinking, writing, and public speaking.
Learn MoreIn this fun, hands-on workshop, each participant will make a working camera from one of several objects provided and explore the creative possibilities of low-tech photography.
Learn MoreThis workshop is for photographers who want to refine and develop their composition skills. Through image analysis we discuss — among others — lines, movement, light, shadow, colors—and possibly people—in the environment.
Learn MoreThis workshop takes a quick look at the history, theory, and practice of pinhole photography with an emphasis on the technical relationship between camera-making and image formation. Each participant will leave with a camera (made from one of several objects provided), an image made by that camera, and an understanding of how to make a camera out of anything at all.
Learn MoreThis workshop takes a quick look at the history, theory, and practice of pinhole photography and participants make their own camera. Presented by Liz Sales
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