ICP to Launch Series of Scholarly Convenings Exploring Critical Issues in Photography

The International Center of Photography (ICP) has been awarded a $125,000 grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch an intellectual planning project that will encompass three scholarly research convenings, as well as the continued development of collaboration with international institutions.

Through the symposia, ICP will investigate the changing status of the photograph today, stimulate research into the history of photography and photographic archives, and foster the broad scholarly exploration of the image as the purveyor of cultural content in today’s world. The findings and discussions of the symposia will be synthesized in a series of publications. As a companion to these programs, ICP staff will travel to a global array of cultural institutions to cultivate relationships with colleagues at each site and plan for future projects.

“We are grateful to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for providing ICP with the resources to contribute to our larger institutional analysis and critique,” said Mark Robbins, Executive Director of ICP. “Through the support of scholarship and curatorial research, ICP enhances its position in the global discourse on contemporary image making.”