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Lori Grinker, "Piriya" learns to write in Sinhalese at the Methsevana Government Rehabilitation Center for Girls in Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, 1999, © Lori Grinker/Contact Press Images

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The Body at Risk explores ten significant photographic projects from the last one hundred years that depict the vulnerabilities of the human condition. The exhibition shows how individual lives are shaped by a range of challenging circumstances, including war, disease, poverty, pollution, domestic violence, age, and labor. It provides insight into the social context in which the photographs were taken by integrating perspectives from anthropology, sociology, political history, photographic history, and news coverage along with writings and interviews by and with the photographers. Among the sixteen renowned photographers represented are Donna Ferrato, Lori Grinker, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Gideon Mendel, Sebastião Salgado, and W. Eugene Smith.

The Body at Risk was curated by ICP Curator Carol Squiers, who also authored the accompanying catalogue. It was organized by ICP with generous support from the Milbank Memorial Fund. Additional support has been provided by The JM Foundation, Philip Lehman Foundation, Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation, and Dr. David Kronn and Anthony Vacchione.