Join ICP online for the next installment of our Education Snapshot Series, where ICP faculty preview the themes and ideas covered in their courses within ICP Open Education.
For this Snapshot, ICP Faculty members will present their upcoming courses: Deborah Feingold Portraiture and the Art of Imitation and Alexey Yurenev on Documentary Practice: Visual Strategies. This program is being offered via online livestream and is free to attend.
About the Courses
Portraiture and the Art of Imitation
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it is also a highly creative and playful way to explore one's personal style through the guise of emulating others. We begin with a discussion and visual presentation of past and present portrait photographers of note. Then, each week, students are assigned a known portrait photographer and asked to shoot in their style. The course includes critiques, demonstrations on lighting and composition, and an exploration of what makes a provocative portrait. This course is limited to 10 students.
This course is offered online, October 9 through December 18, 2025 and meets weekly on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET. You can find the registration link here.
Documentary Practice: Visual Strategies
In this course designed for both beginning and practicing professionals, students are introduced to a variety of visual strategies that can be applied to documentary work. Focusing on themes of community, post-truth, archive, landscape, and innovative technologies, we welcome a guest expert from each field for a presentation. Participants reflect on theoretical readings and visual references, creating work to present for critique in a supportive classroom environment.
This course is offered online, September 29 through December 8, 2025 and meets weekly on Mondays from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET. You can find the registration link here.
About the Speakers
Alexey Yurenev is an artist, visual researcher, and educator whose work explores the intersections of memory and technology. He is an adjunct professor in the Visual Arts MFA Program at Columbia University and a faculty member at the International Center of Photography (ICP), His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including FOAM (Amsterdam), Hangar (Brussels), MOMus Modern/Costakis Collection (Thessaloniki), and Rencontres d’Arles. He is the author of the forthcoming book Seeing Against Seeing (2025).Yurenev’s projects have been featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, Literary Hub, and Topic. His work is held in collections such as Johns Hopkins University Special Collections, FOAM Museum, and the Anti-Krieg Museum. He has been recognized by Photographer of the Year International and received the Silurian Society Award for excellence in arts and culture journalism. Yurenev is the co-founder of FOTODEMIC, an online platform for innovative visual strategies, and the founder and executive producer of Living Room, a monthly public program for ICP alumni.
Deborah Feingold's iconic portraits are filled with personality, simplicity, and eloquence. Her portraits of figures as renowned and varied as musical icons, famed actors, award-winning authors, Nobel laureates, and presidents have appeared in Rolling Stone, GQ, NYT, and numerous other national and international publications. Deborah's book MUSIC is published by Damiani. Her photographs continue to be exhibited and collected worldwide.
Image by Alexey Yurenev
