International Center of Photography

Berenice Abbott was born today in 1898. ⁠ ⁠ Born in Springfield, Ohio, Abbott spent the early part of her artistic career studying sculpture in New York, Berlin, and Paris, where she worked as Man Ray's studio assistant. In 1929, Abbott she developed her best-known body of work — a documentation of New York City for which she developed her famous bird's-eye and worm's-eye points-of-view. ⁠ ⁠ One of Abbott's later final projects was an illustration of scientific phenomenon, produced in the 1950s in collaboration with the Physical Sciences Study Committee based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although not as well known as her New York work, these pictures are exquisite examples of her acumen for technical experimentation and her natural instinct for combining factual photographic detail with stunning artistic accomplishment. ⁠ ⁠ Images⁠ 1: Butcher Shop, New York, New York, Gift of Jonathan A. Berg (662.1984)⁠ 2: Parallax (Candles), Gift of Jonathan A. Berg (663.1984)⁠ 3: Magnetic Field, Gift of Jonathan A. Berg (664.1984)⁠ 4: Warehouse (Yuban), Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn, New York, May 22, 1936, Gift of Jonathan A. Berg (666.1984)⁠ 5: Railroad Tracks, New York, New York, 1929-1930, Purchase, with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lois and Bruce Zenkel Purchase Fund, 1983 (381.1983)⁠ ⁠ Images by Berenice Abbott⁠ Text information by Lisa Hostetler

Recent ICP grad Apanuch Yoodee explores how glitches in digital communication mediate the emotional space of physical distance.  These stills from her video collages, Daydream (ฝันกลางวัน), are on view now in Shared Spaces: 2024 ICP Recent Graduates Exhibition.⁠ ⁠ Yoodee says, "These digital video collages represent my nostalgic daydreams, which combine images from my life in both New York and Bangkok."⁠ ⁠ งานวิดีโอคอนลาจนี้ถ่ายทอดภาพฝันกลางวัน ซึ่งใช้ภาพถ่ายระหว่างการใช้ชีวิตที่นิวยอร์กและกรุงเทพฯ โดยจินตนาการถึงการที่ได้อยู่พร้อมหน้ากับครอบครัวผสมผสานกับภาพแห่งความเป็นจริง  ⁠ ⁠ Schedule your visit to Shared Spaces now, on view through the end of the summer: https://lnkd.in/e7QtHFWs

Happy Birthday Lee Friedlander!⁠ ⁠ Earlier this year, we hosted a launch for Lee Friedlander's latest photobook, Real Estate. This book and his other publications are available in our shop now. ⁠ Image:⁠ Lee Friedlander, New York City, New York 1966, Gift of Alfred Ordover, 1986 (673.1986)

Dive into these water-themed images from the collection!⁠ ⁠ Images⁠:⁠ 1: Weegee, Children playing in water sprayed from open fire hydrant, Lower East Side, New York, July 19, 1942, Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993 (880.1993)⁠ 2: Elliott Erwitt, Waves/Brighton, Brighton, England, 1956, Gift of Alan and Monah Gettner, 1983 (20.1983)⁠ 3: Weegee, Sea Hunt, ca. 1964, Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993 (13905.1993) ⁠ 4: Detroit Photographic Company, The Delaware Water Gap, ca. 1900, Gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, 1999 (67.1999)⁠ 5: Weegee, Water Main Burst Uproots Madison Ave. New York, New York, May 25, 1945, Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993 (15225.1993)⁠ 6: Kai Wiedenhöfer, Young people taking a bath from the summer heat in a creek in the Alborz Mountains just north of Teheran, Teheran, Iran, 2001 (printed 2012), Gift of the Photographer to the W. Eugene Smith Legacy Collection (2013.7.6)⁠ 7: John Albert, Calipers measuring distance across the Atlantic Ocean, New York, New York, 1945, Gift of Michael Sonnenfeldt, 2013 (2013.115.46)⁠ 8: John Albert, Calipers comparing the distance across the Atlantic Ocean to the distance across the Pacific Ocean, New York, New York, 1945, Gift of Michael Sonnenfeldt, 2013 (2013.115.47)⁠ 9: Sonja Bullaty, Summer Evening, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1976, Gift of Sonja Bullaty, 1982 (94.1982)

Visit ICP on July 18 for Free Third Thursday and the next installment of the Nuyorican Poets Café x ICP: 1,000 Words Open Mic Series! Your poetic inspiration is here ⬆️ Come ready to share your poetry inspired by these eight select works on view in Shared Spaces for a live audience.⁠ ⁠ Admission to ICP is free every Third Thursday of the month—reserve a free ticket here: https://lnkd.in/eEyPy5Tg. The reading sign-up list is open to all attendees—first come first served starting at 6 PM. Readings will run from 6:30–8 PM.⁠ Images: 1. Costanza Damiani, Tracce, 2023–24. © Costanza Damiani 2. Noy Finer, ד לְבַ (Alone), 2023. © Noy Finer 3. Heather Lynch, The Light We Carry, 2024. © Heather Lynch 4. Ana Rosa Marx, The Aphrodite, 2024. © Ana Rosa Marx 5. Adriel Michelle, For You Infinitely, 2023–. © Adriel Michelle 6. Anh Nyugen, The Kitchen God Series, 2024. © Anh Nyugen 7. Gabriel Civita Ramirez, Ceded Concrete, 2023–. © Gabriel Civita Ramirez 8. Chia Yun Wu, mother-land, 2024. © Chia Yun Wu

It's summer at ICP 🌞 Through Sept 2, enjoy $10 Friday tickets to see exhibitions—for those Fridays when you're ready to leave work early and go have some fun (we give you permission). As always, find tix at icp.org, or purchase at the door when you arrive!

Finding light—Joel Meyerowitz makes use of light and color with a deftness that made his 1979 photobook Cape Light foundational in the history of photography, particularly color photography. Images: 1: Bay/Sky, Provincetown (4), 1977. On extended loan from Mr. Robert Pollack, 1980 (E.L.1980.4(d)) 2: Truro. Gift of Elena and Richard Pollack, 2013 (2013.107.37) 3: 1: Porch Series, Provincetown (11), 1977. On extended loan from Mr. Robert Pollack, 1980 (E.L.1980.4(k))

ICP will be open tomorrow, July 5th through Monday, July 8th! Enjoy the long weekend with friends and stop by to see Selections from ICP at 50, Shared Spaces, and Yto Barrada: Part-Time Abstractionist.⁠ ⁠ Schedule your visit at bit.ly/TicketReserve ⁠ Image: Emery P. Reves-Biro, People in swimming pool, ca. 1930s. Gift of LeGrand P. Belnap, MD, 2008 (2008.1.22)

ICP is saddened to share that Willis E. "Buzz" Hartshorn, the former director of the International Center of Photography (ICP), died on Saturday, June 29, 2024, after living with Parkinson's Disease for the past twenty years. Buzz was a visionary leader whose dedication and passion for the photographic arts resulted in extraordinary growth in ICP's audience, enrollment, and financial stability. His tenure at ICP spanned over 30 years, the last 18 years as Director. It was marked by innovative exhibitions and educational programs that expanded the understanding and appreciation of photography. We remember Buzz for his professional accomplishments and for his warmth, kindness, and generosity. His ability to connect with people and his genuine enthusiasm for their stories and images made him a beloved figure to all who knew him. Buzz touched so many of us. A fine life, indeed. Our condolences go out to Buzz’s family, wife Patty and daughter Anne, and to all who loved Buzz. A memorial service in New York City will be announced.

Photography has often been used to document and catalogue—through a white-centric viewpoint—the histories of communities that were deemed foreign. On June 6, at 6:30 PM, join Angelina Ruiz in the ICP library for “Decolonizing Photography: Exploring the Impact of Eurocentrism on Archive." Ruiz will examine the visual iterations of marginalized people throughout history, and way to comb through these histories to reclaim this colonized gaze and change the narrative of archival photography. Followed by Q&A. Ruiz also teaches Decolonizing Photography this summer at ICP. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3R4xCxd.