Join us at ICP with Sara Ickow, ICP’s Associate Director of Exhibitions and photographer Andrea Hernández Briceño for a discussion based on Hernández Briceño's project Fire Becomes Spirit, on view starting June 24 in ICP’s free first floor Incubator Space.
This program is being offered both in person at ICP, located on NYC's Lower East Side, and online. Tickets to attend the conversation online are free. Museum admission includes access to the program, or attendees may purchase a Public Program Only ticket. Please see the ticketing options above for details.
Following the conversation, join us downstairs in the ICP Incubator Space for the opening reception of Fire Becomes Spirit.
About the ICP Incubator Space
ICP’s Incubator Space is a new exhibition program designed to highlight the work of emerging photographers who are responding in real time to the world around us. ICP will present a rotating selection of projects by imagemakers experimenting with and pushing boundaries around the documentary tradition. ICP’s Incubator Space is curated by Sara Ickow, Associate Director of Exhibitions at ICP.
About the Speakers
Andrea Hernández Briceño is a Venezuelan journalist, visual storyteller, Magnum Foundation fellow, TEDx speaker and National Geographic explorer based in Caracas. She tells representative stories about gender, the environment, and social phenomena that center the dignity of participants in the narrative while using different formats and a perceptive approach to magic.
Hernández Briceño co-founded the all women collectives Ayün Fotógrafas and Solunar. She teaches the Ojo Pelao and MiraVzla free workshops, making basic photography education more accessible in Venezuela. She believes in creating alliances through horizontal practices that combine storytelling initiatives, education and community building frameworks.
Sara Ickow is the Associate Director of Exhibitions at the International Center of Photography and Managing Director of 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.
Image: A light shines upon the tip of the Huöttöja communal home “churuata” in the Amazonas state, Venezuela, on April 21, 2025. In the indigenous Huöttöja people’s worldview, this branch functions as an antenna connecting the earth with the spiritual realm. The “churuata” is the place where shaman Jattupa tells the stories that conform the Huöttöja way of life, viewing humans not as separate from nature but as an extension of it.
