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84 Ludlow Entrance

Photography Lives Here

The International Center of Photography is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture. Through exhibitions, education programs, community outreach, and public programs, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the power of the image, and is a gathering place for the photography community to meet, exchange ideas, and support one another.

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Dayanita Singh

ICP Alum & Infinity Award Winner
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Ian Lewandowski

ICP Faculty
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Jon Henry

ICP Faculty
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Keisha Scarville

ICP Alum and Faculty
Applications Open for Fall 2026 Full-time Programs

The School at ICP was established in 1977 and services more than 3,500 adult and teen students annually.

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Upcoming Events

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Paris Photo: ICP in Paris
Join ICP CEO Bob Jeffrey and Creative Director David Campany for an unforgettable four-day trip to Paris during Paris Photo.Trip Highlights:Welcome breakfastUnlimited access to the fair, including guided tours led by ICP’s curatorExclusive visit to Louis Stettner’s studioPrivate viewing of the renowned collection of Damien and Florence BachelotArtist-led tour with Luc Delahaye of his major monographic exhibition at The Jeu de PaumeCocktail hour with ICP Alumni and more!This trip is exclusively for ICP Trustees, Committee Members, and Visionary Circle Members (and above). An updated itinerary will be shared periodically. Participation Fee: $750 (covers all ICP-organized activities)
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"On-Campus"—Meet Program Chairs & Take a School Tour
Visit ICP and meet our program chairs, Darin Mickey, Creative Practices Chair, and Karen Marshall, Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Chair, to learn about the Onsite One-Year Certificate Program.Explore the program structure, curriculum highlights, faculty, student life, admissions process, our vibrant community, and more. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions directly to the program chairs and the Admissions team.At the end of the info session, enjoy a campus tour of the International Center of Photography’s Lower East Side facilities, including studios, state-of-the-art labs and darkrooms, the equipment room, and more. You can ask questions about the facilities and learn what it’s like to be an ICP student.All attendees will receive a complimentary museum ticket to view the current exhibition at the ICP Museum prior to the info session. For questions about the event, contact [email protected] for Fall 2026 are now open!Apply by March 1, 2026 for priority consideration and merit-based scholarship opportunities.ICP’s On-Site One-Year Certificate Programs will begin in mid-August 2026 at our New York City campus.About the Event Format This is an onsite event held at the ICP Library. Please register in advance for this free event. If you have questions about the event, please contact [email protected] by Sara Konradi
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Fall 2025 Exhibitions Tour
This event is free with museum admission.Join us for a guided walking tour of the exhibitions Graciela Iturbide: Serious Play, Naima Green: Instead, I spin fantasies, and Sergio Larrain: Wanderings, led by a museum educator. About the ExhibitionsGraciela Iturbide: Serious PlayThe first ever retrospective of Iturbide’s work in New York City. This landmark exhibition, organized in collaboration with Fundación MAPFRE and curated by Carlos Gollonet, Chief Curator of Photography at Fundación MAPFRE, features nearly 200 photographs spanning five decades of her groundbreaking career.Iturbide learned photography under renowned Mexican modernist Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Throughout her career, Iturbide traveled extensively throughout Mexico–and beyond–turning her attention to communal life, indigenous communities, and the interactions between nature and culture.Naima Green: Instead, I spin fantasiesThe exhibition grapples with the concept of pregnancy through constructed self-portraits, landscapes and still-lifes—blurring the line between documentary and performance. Green probes the conventional expectations and representational tropes of motherhood, while also creating an expanded space for considering the experience of pregnancy in America.Curated by Guest Curator Elisabeth Sherman, Instead, I spin fantasies brings together dozens of new works, including photographs printed using the historical technologies of albumen and lumen printing processes, along with a site-specific vinyl installation that utilizes the architecture of ICP’s third floor galleries.Sergio Larrain: WanderingsAn exhibition consisting of prints drawn entirely from the Magnum Photos archive. Curated by Agnès Sire, former Director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, the exhibition primarily highlights the work Larrain made during the first twenty years of his career, in cities such as Valparaíso, Santiago, Paris and London.Wanderings provides a new perspective on Larrain’s inventive and humanist photography that for decades has remained little seen and seldom exhibited, looking at both the material and spiritual drama of rural and urban life while also charting the subtle evolution of Larrain’s style. 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 © Gabrielle Ravet
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Family Art Hour: with C.J. Chueca
Explore ICP's Fall exhibitions during this hands-on all ages family workshop led by educator Carlos Nunez and guest artist C.J. Chueca. Discover new photographic techniques and how they connect with notions of family and community during an introductory tour of the shows, then join the hands-on activity.All ages 4 and up are welcome.Parents and guardians must remain with their children during the activity.
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Visita Guiada Exhibiciones (Español)
Este evento es gratuito con la entrada al museo.Acompáñanos a una visita guiada de las exhibiciones “Graciela Iturbide: Juego Serio”, “Naima Green: Prefiero inventar fantasías” y “Sergio Larrain: Andanzas” Imagen © Gabrielle Ravet
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Virtual Campus Tour—Onsite One-Year Programs
Join us for an online tour of the International Center of Photography's Lower East Side educational facilities, including studio, state-of-the-art labs and darkrooms, and more. This event will be held via Zoom.During the session, you will receive a full virtual tour led by our school facilities manager. You will have the opportunity to ask questions about our facilities and learn more about what it’s like to be a student at ICP.Applications for Fall 2026 are now open!Apply by March 1, 2026 for priority consideration and merit-based scholarship opportunities.ICP’s On-Site One-Year Certificate Programs will begin in mid-August 2026 at our New York City campus.About the Event Format This is an online event held via Zoom. Please register in advance for this free event. If you have questions about the event, please contact [email protected] by Sara KonradiBotón Estilizado .hs-cta-trigger-button { display: inline-block; padding: 0.9375rem 1.5625rem; cursor: pointer; transition: 200ms ease; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; border: none; font-family: "publico Headline Roman Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.22; color: #fff; border: 1px solid #121212; background-color: #121212; } .hs-cta-trigger-button:hover { background-color: #333; /* Cambio de color de fondo al pasar el mouse */ border-color: #fff; /* Cambio de color del borde al pasar el mouse */ }
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The Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series with JEB
Join us at ICP for the next installment of the fall Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer lecture series featuring activist, filmmaker, and photographer JEB. JEB will discuss the trajectory of her work from the 1970s to the present day and the ever-present intersection of politics and art making.This program is being offered both in person at ICP, located on NYC's Lower East Side, and online. Current ICP students and faculty of the One-Year Certificate programs are automatically enrolled and invited to attend all lectures. About the SeriesThe 2025-2026 Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series is made possible through generous support from the Rosenblum Family.ICP is thrilled to honor Naomi Rosenblum’s contribution to the field and to further her life’s work through this lecture series. Naomi Rosenblum was one of the leading photography historians of her generation and the author of A World History of Photography and A History of Women Photographers. The 2025-2026 Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series is made possible through generous support from the Rosenblum Family. About the SpeakersJEB (Joan E. Biren) has been influential within LGBTQI+ communities and the wider public by actively challenging the representation of lesbians, the way that we understand photographic history, and how we speak about image-making. Her first book, Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians, originally published in 1979, was reissued in 2021 by Anthology Editions. JEB’s second book, Making a Way: Lesbians Out Front was reissued in July 2025. The Dyke Show, described as “an astounding compendium of lesbian imagery and ideas,” was restored and digitized with a new live narration by JEB in 2023. This year it has been presented at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian, and Le Bal in Paris.In the 1970s, JEB was part of two lesbian collectives: The Furies, which produced an historic newspaper and Moonforce Media, which distributed feminist films from 1975 to 1980. In the early 1990s, JEB transitioned from making photographic stills and slideshows to filmmaking. Her award-winning films on LGBTQI+ history are available through Frameline distribution. JEB’s photographic work is represented in many collections including the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, the Getty Museum, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis and the Academy of Arts in Berlin, Germany. JEB, now 81 years old, lives surrounded by chosen family and occasionally tries to retire from photography and filmmaking. Her plan is never to retire from social justice activism. © (JEB) Joan E. Biren Self-Portrait, 1981 from Making A Way

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ICP's museum, school, bookstore, and café are located at 84 Ludlowm St. in New York's historic Lower East Side. 

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Members are the heart of ICP's community. Beyond their involvement in a robust network of imagemakers and image appreciators, ICP's members receive complimentary tickets to all exhibitions, reduced tuition for Open Education courses, invitations to members-only events, and much more.