Join us at ICP for a conversation between ICP faculty Jade Doskow and “accidental ornithologist”, writer Trish O’Kane. O’Kane will present her new memoir, Birding to Change the World, followed by a conversation with Doskow. After the program, join the participants for a signing in the ICP shop. About the SpeakersTrish O'Kane, the author of BIRDING TO CHANGE THE WORLD: A Memoir, is a writer and a senior lecturer in environmental justice at the University of Vermont, where avians are her teaching assistants. A former human rights journalist in Central America and the Deep South, she has written for the New York Times, Time, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She lives in Burlington, Vermont, with her writer-husband, their dog, and three chickens.New York-based architectural and landscape photographer and artist Jade Doskow is known for her rigorously composed and eerily poetic images that examine the intersection of people, architecture, nature, and time. Working primarily in large format film and medium format digital, Doskow is best-known for her work Lost Utopias, Freshkills, Red Hook and ABC No Rio. She is the subject of the 2021 documentary Jade Doskow: Photographer of Lost Utopias; the film’s New York premiere was held at the International Center of Photography in October 2021 and has also screened at the Asheville Museum of Art and in film festivals internationally.Doskow’s work has been exhibited globally, including at the Museum of Modern Art, the Staten Island Museum, Cornell University, Asheville Museum of Art, Museum London, and many others. Just a few of the publications that have featured Doskow’s photographs include the New York Times, Hyperallergic, the Virginia Quarterly Review, Aperture, Photograph, Architect, Wired, Musée Mag, Smithsonian, Slate, and Newsweek Japan. Doskow is on the faculty of CUNY / College of Staten Island, the School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography, all in New York City. She is a contributing environmental photojournalist to the New York Times. Doskow holds a BA from New York University’s Gallatin School and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Doskow is the Photographer-in-Residence of Freshkills Park, New York City. © Jade Doskow East Mound, Undulations (Our Sacred Mounds)

Join our Admissions Team for an online info session to learn more about ICP’s One-Year Certificate Programs, including academic structure, program formats, and tips for submitting a strong application. This session will cover all five of our certificate programs:Creative Practices (Onsite, NYC)Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism (Onsite, NYC)Documentary Practice: Visual Storytelling (Online)Curatorial Practice in Photography (Online)Writing and the Photographic Image (Online)We’ll discuss key components of each program, what makes a successful application, and how to prepare for the upcoming admissions cycle.Applications for the 2026 Academic Year Are Now Open. The priority deadline for merit-based scholarship consideration is October 19, 2026. ICP’s Online One-Year Certificate Programs begin in mid-January 2026.About the Event FormatThis is an online event held via Zoom. If you have questions, please contact: [email protected].

Connect with ICP's community during our monthly Cameras and Coffee social meet-up for photographers, collectors, and camera enthusiasts! During the event, grab freshly brewed coffee by Deadbeat Club and pastries, available for purchase in the ICP café. Cameras and Coffee is held at ICP in our cafe the second Saturday of each month. This event is free to attend with RSVP.

Explore ICP and make art during this hands-on family workshop led by educator Carlos Nunez. Learn about the museum during an introductory tour of the exhibitions, then join the hands-on art activities accessible for all ages. All ages 4 and up are welcome. Parents and guardians must remain with their children during the activity.

This event is free with museum admission.Join us for a guided walking tour of the exhibitions Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration and Sheida Soleimani: Panjereh, led by a museum educator.About the ExhibitionsEdward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration The first solo institutional exhibition of world-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky’s work in New York City in over twenty years, The Great Acceleration reveals the depth of Burtynsky's investigation into the human alteration of natural landscapes around the world, revealing both their present fragility and enduring beauty.This retrospective features over seventy photographs—including many of Burtynsky’s landmark images, some never before exhibited—alongside three ultra high-resolution murals and a visual and narrative timeline of his creative life. The Great Acceleration serves as both an urgent call for environmental awareness and an invitation to appreciate the sublimity that persists in the landscape, deepening our understanding of the global challenges we face today.Sheida Soleimani: Panjereh In Panjereh, Soleimani uses her family’s history—specifically her parents' flight from Iran as political refugees following the 1979 revolution—as a framework for exploring how meaning and memory are shaped by migration.Known for her studio-based constructions that layer photographs, props, live animals, and her parents into magical realist tableaus, Soleimani expands this approach in Panjereh while also debuting a new body of work: a series of close-up analogue photographs of injured birds. These works draw from her practice as a federally licensed wildlife rehabilitator and founder of Congress of the Birds, a care tradition she inherited from her mother.In these new images, Soleimani draws attention to the plight of migratory birds, many of whom are wounded on their journeys through populated areas, using them as metaphors for the social, political, and environmental barriers faced by displaced people around the world. The exhibition also includes a new site-specific wall drawing created especially for ICP’s galleries. Program Format/Accessibility InformationThis is a walking tour of the gallery; no seating is provided. For accessibility questions or requests, please email [email protected]. Image © Pasinee Pramunwong

Join us online with Sara Ickow, ICP’s Associate Director of Exhibitions and photographer Oksana Parafeniuk for a discussion based on Parafeniuk’s project War Threads, on view in ICP’s free first floor Incubator Space through August 19, 2025.About the ICP Incubator SpaceICP’s Incubator Space is a new flexible program centered around showing the work of emerging photographers who are responding in real time to the world around us. ICP will present a rotating selection of projects in our ground floor project space by an imagemaker experimenting and pushing boundaries in the documentary tradition. ICP’s Incubator Space is located on the ground floor in the ICP cafe. The space is free and open to the public during cafe and museum hours.About War ThreadsPhotojournalist Oksana Parafeniuk was six months pregnant when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. In the three years since, she and her husband, also a photojournalist, have lived with their toddler son in Kyiv, a city heavily impacted by the war. They continue to document the war for global news outlets, creating a vital historical record. Bringing together documentary images with family archive and embroidered images, this presentation tells the story of how one photographer is impacted as a journalist, a mother, and a citizen during a moment of turmoil for her country.Much of Parafeniuk’s documentary work from this period highlights Ukrainian women and post-invasion, stories that are often overlooked in the dominant media narratives. The resulting images tell a nuanced story and are presented here in dialogue with family photographs of life under the invasion, as well as works from a series experimenting with embroidery on some of these images. The series, titled War Threads, uses camouflage-colored threads to pierce paper as a metaphor for how Russian influence has penetrated every aspect of daily life in Ukraine. Through these interventions, the artist references the constant interruptions of air raid sirens, blackouts, and explosions, underscoring how family memories are forever altered by war. About the SpeakersOksana Parafeniuk (she/her) is an independent photographer based in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she is exploring the manifestations of human resilience and dignity among people facing hardships.In addition to her personal projects, Oksana has worked with and published her work in The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, NBC News, Libération and many others. She took part in multiple group exhibitions in Ukraine, as well as in Germany, the Netherlands, France, the United States and other countries. She is a member of Women Photograph and The Journal Collective.Sara Ickow is the Associate Direcotor of Exhibitions and Collections at the International Center of Photography and manages exhibitions and special projects for Women Photograph. Previously, she worked as a curatorial assistant and collections manager with the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. She holds an MA in art history from NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts. © Oksana Parafeniuk, from the series War Threads, 2024

Visit ICP during Community Day to enjoy free admission to our current exhibitions—Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration and Sheida Soleimani: Panjereh, and connect with community organizations in the ICP galleries! Join us for a building wide activation featuring hands-on workshops, family activities, and open mic performances in the ICP Library.Reserving a free ticket in advance is strongly recommended. Activities in ICP LibraryPhotoSLAM: “Open Theme” - Give Us Your Best Photo Story!12:30 PM Check-in and signups1 PM Open-micNuyorican Poets Café x ICP: 1,000 Words Open Mic Series: “Community”3:30 PM Signups4 PM Performance Full line up of participating organizations coming soon. Image by Scott Rudd.