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 PhotoSLAM: Share Your Best Photo Story!During this fast-paced, open mic event, photographers, the ICP community, and audience members are invited to compete in a live story telling competition, driven by photographs. Register in advance is highly recommend. Please find the registered link here.12:30 PM Check-in and signups 1 PM Open-micICP LibraryExhibitions TourJoin us for a guided walking tour of the exhibitions Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration and Sheida Soleimani: Panjereh, led by a museum educator.1-2 PMICP GalleryBook Event – Paul John: “DBL” Join us for the signing of artist John Paul for his latest release, DBL, a selection of photographic works in the form of eight folded posters. 2-3 PMICP Shop and CafeFamily Art HourExplore ICP’s Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition during this hands-on all ages family workshop led by educator Carlos Nunez2-4 PMICP GalleryNuyorican Poets Café x ICP: 1,000 Words Open Mic: “Community”The Nuyorican Poets Cafe brings its iconic poetry open mic to ICP! Bring a poem based on our theme of "Community." 1,000 Words Open Mic is open for all ages; sign up onsite, first come, first served.3:30 PM Signups4 PM PerformanceICP Gallery About PhotoSLAM's host, Idris Talib SolomonIdris Talib Solomon is a native of Brooklyn, using the camera to illuminate the extraordinary treasures nestled within Black communities. It is his aim to share the profound narratives, vibrant cultures, and the beauty that grace their everyday lives. As a multimedia storyteller, he aspires to forge meaningful bonds. Drawing inspiration from his experiences in advertising, marketing, photography, and podcasting, he brings a distinct perspective to the realm of creative problem-solving. About Nuyorican Poets CaféOver the past 50 years, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe has served as a global home for groundbreaking works of poetry, music, theater and visual arts. A multicultural and multi-disciplinary institution, the Nuyorican gives voice to historically marginalized poets, actors, filmmakers and musicians, having launched the careers of countless legends. The Nuyorican champions the use of art & poetry as means of empowerment and social change. Our community of spectators, artists and students is a reflection of New York City’s diverse populace, with Allen Ginsberg calling the Cafe “the most integrated place on the planet.”About Paul JohnPaul John is an artist, community organizer, photographer, and educator. His work is to connect people and create community via resource sharing, bookmaking, hosting events, and institution building. Paul co-founded Endless Editions and the Brooklyn Art Book Fair. Both organizations focus on creating free or low-risk opportunities in independent publishing and bookmaking. Information TablesNYC Trans Archives Baxter St. at the Camera Club of NYICP School 11 AM –3 PM ICP Gallery NYC Trans Archives The NYC Trans Archives (NYCTA) is dedicated to preserving transgender culture in the New York City region and beyond. Founded in 2023, NYCTA is the first and only trans-specific community-based archive in the Eastern United States. It is entirely independent and run by and for trans people. Baxter St.Founded in 1884, BAXTER ST at the Camera Club of New York is one of New York City’s oldest artist-run nonprofit spaces committed to lens-based arts. Today, the organization is a socially engaged art incubator that prepares lens-based artists for their debut and helps them create sustainable practices to move forward with integrity. In addition to a year-round exhibition schedule, the organization hosts artist residencies, critique groups, and a public series of artist talks and workshops. Baxter St promotes artists of all ages, races, ethnicities, and identities whose work connects with global conversations on culture, human rights, environment, and equality. The organization is committed to uplifting artists by sharing ideas and resources and learning together to create profound and lasting change in our organization and communities. Image by Scott Rudd.

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 at ICP for the signing of artist John Paul for his latest release, DBL, a selection of photographic works in the form of eight folded posters.Through his pictures, PJ records fragments of the city — bits of architecture, shifting lights, fleeting events — without predetermined narrative or structure. Shot during walks, his photographs emerge from an intuitive and improvisational process. Over time, film rolls are revisited and re-exposed, resulting in liminal, tactile, timeless traces of his many dérives through town. DBL offers a reflection on movement, memory, and perception while exploring the beauty that can be found in an intentional partial loss of control.The event is free to attend and includes access to the galleries as it’s a part of ICP Community Day programs. See full list of Community Day’s programs here. About Paul JohnPaul John (he/him) is an artist, community organizer, photographer, and educator. His work is to connect people and create community via resource sharing, bookmaking, hosting events, and institution building. Paul co-founded Endless Editions and the Brooklyn Art Book Fair. Both organizations focus on creating free or low-risk opportunities in independent publishing and bookmaking.Paul is the Head of Community at NEW INC, an incubator program that operates through the New Museum in NYC. Previously, Paul developed the Risograph Printing program at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, was the Coordinator of Printing and Publishing at the Jan van Eyck Academie, and taught Risograph printing at the School of Visual Arts.While his photography highlights overlooked and distorted realities, his future ambitions are to continue to foster non-competitive spaces for communities to flourish via ice cream making and hosting a breakfast residency. Image by Paul John

Explore ICP’s Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition during this hands-on all ages family workshop led by educator Carlos Nunez. Learn about the exhibition during an introductory tour of the show, then join the hands-on activity to make your own Image Transfer Collage and Exquisite Corpses. Participants will be inspired by Sheida Soleimani’s practice to create hybrid compositions that connect human and animal elements with the natural landscape. All ages 4 and up are welcome. Parents and guardians must remain with their children during the activity.

This event introduces students to their year-long immersive program, offering a chance to meet the Program Chairs and OYC Team, gain insights into the curriculum, and explore the resources available to support their artistic growth.Event Highlights:Meet the Program Chairs and OYC Team: Learn about the program structure, expectations, and how ICP will support your development as a photographer.Work-Study Orientation: Get essential information for students in the Work-Study program on how to balance work and study commitments.ICP’s One-Year Certificate Programs in Creative Practices, Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism, and Documentary Practice: Visual Storytelling Online provide a hands-on, immersive experience, complemented by work-study opportunities, global connections, and state-of-the-art facilities.Note: This is a private event for students of the ICP One-year Certificate Programs held onsite in New York City. If you would like to join the ICP One-year Certificate Program, learn more at icp.org/school/oycFor questions, reach out to the admissions team at [email protected].