About ICP
The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world's leading institution dedicated to the practice and understanding of photography in all its forms. Through our exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach, we offer an open forum for dialogue about the role images play in our culture. ICP was founded in 1974 by Cornell Capa (1918–2008) as a tribute to his brother, legendary war photographer Robert Capa. Since our founding, we have presented more than 500 exhibitions and offered thousands of classes, providing instruction at every level. ICP is a center where photographers can connect to create, understand, and experience photography and where students, educators, and researchers can take advantage of our comprehensive resources and extensive collections.
Annual Report 2010–2011
Audit Report 2010–2011
Key Milestones
1918: Cornell Capa is born Kornel Friedmann in Budapest on April 10.
1937: Cornell emigrates to New York with his mother.
1946: Cornell becomes a LIFE magazine staff photographer.
1968: Cornell's anthology of photographs depicting a world in post-war crisis, The Concerned Photographer, is published.
1947: Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Chim Seymour, and George Rodger found the photographers' cooperative Magnum Photos.
1954: Robert Capa is killed by a land mine in Indochina.
1956: Cornell becomes president of Magnum Photos.
1966: Cornell establishes the International Fund for Concerned Photography in the memory of his brother.
1974: Cornell founds the International Center of Photography, located in the historic Willard Straight House at 1130 Fifth Avenue at East 94th Street in New York.
1977: Regents of the University of the State of New York approve academic transfer credit for ICP courses.
1982: Willis E. "Buzz" Hartshorn joins ICP as Coordinator of Traveling Exhibitions. Master of Arts in Photography Program is instituted in collaboration with New York University.
1983: A full-time Documentary Photography and Photojournalism Program is created.
1985: The satellite facility ICP Midtown opens at the International Paper Plaza, 77 West 45th Street in New York City. ICP inaugurates the annual Infinity Awards to honor outstanding achievements in photography.
1989: ICP Midtown moves to a larger facility at 1133 Avenue of the Americas under the sponsorship of Eastman Kodak Company (the space was formerly a Kodak gallery).
1992: The Robert Capa Archive of more than 3,000 prints is donated to ICP.
1994: Cornell retires as Director of ICP and becomes Founding Director Emeritus. Hartshorn, Director of Exhibitions and Deputy Director for Programs, becomes Ehrenkranz Director of ICP.
1999: ICP's headquarters building at 1130 Fifth Avenue is sold. ICP celebrates its 25th Anniversary.
2000: ICP's Midtown site reopens and becomes the headquarters of ICP's exhibitions programs. The new ICP also includes an expanded store and café.
2001: The School of the International Center of Photography opens across from the museum at 1114 Avenue of the Americas in New York. The new 27,000-square-foot school facility doubles ICP's teaching space and expands programming and community outreach.
2003: The ICP-Bard MFA Program in Advanced Photographic Studies is established.
2008: Cornell Capa, 90, dies of natural causes in New York City on May 28.
