Join the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York and ICP as photographers Ruth Erdt and Curran Hatleberg explore the profound impact Swiss-American photographer Robert Frank had on their work in conversation with David Campany, ICP’s Creative Director.
From Erdt’s intimate documentation of Robert Frank’s studio in Mabou to Hatleberg’s renowned road photography, the presentations and discussion will reflect on Frank’s legacy and resonance in contemporary photography. Moderated by ICP's Creative Director David Campany, the program offers a unique lens into the intersections of influence, process, and artistic practice.
About the Speakers
Ruth Erdt uses the medium of photography to address seemingly everyday matters and provides us with views of her private life, the people who are closest to her, and of her surroundings in a way that allows us to see what is common in the private. In addition to photography, her working and representational techniques include photograms, cyanotypes, and installations. Erdt has received the Swiss Federal Award for Art & Design, the Esther Matossi Award and the PRIX VISARTE, among others, and her works are shown in collections and museums such as Kunstsammlung der Stadt Zürich, Sammlung Musée de l'Elysée, Fotomuseum Winterthur and Sammlung Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst. She is currently presenting K12 – Schwamendingen at Kunsthalle Zürich, a compelling photographic exploration of Zurich’s Schwamendingen suburb. The exhibition captures the district's transformation, community identity, and everyday life through over 60,000 images, showcasing photography’s diverse artistic and documentary potential. Erdt lives in Zurich, Genoa and Berlin.
Curran Hatleberg is a photographer based in Baltimore, MD. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including recent exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the High Museum, MASS MoCA, the International Center of Photography and Higher Pictures. In 2019, Hatleberg was featured in the Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His works are held in numerous public collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, SF MoMA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the High Museum of Art. Hatleberg is the recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2020 Maryland State Arts Council Grant, a 2015 Magnum Emergency Fund grant, and an 2014 Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship grant. Lost Coast, his first monograph, was released by TBW Books in fall 2016, and his second monograph, River’s Dream, was published by TBW Books in 2022. Hatleberg has taught photography at numerous institutions, including Cooper Union and Yale University. He holds a BA in painting from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an MFA in photography from Yale University.
This program was organized with support by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.
