The International Center of Photography is thrilled to introduce the 2024 fall season of the Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer’s Lecture Series. These online and in-person conversations featuring pioneering photographers who champion social change and ask critical questions about what it means to be an imagemaker.
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 2024-2025 Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series is made possible through generous support from the Rosenblum Family.
Maddie McGarvey with Karrin Anderson
On October 21, from 6:30–8 PM ET, we begin the season with Maddie McGarvey, who discusses her career in photojournalism and covering U.S. elections from a regional perspective with Karrin Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University.
Maddie McGarvey is a documentary photographer based in Columbus, Ohio. Her work often examines the effects of policy and politics on communities in Appalachia, rural America, and the Midwest. McGarvey has spent significant time on the campaign trail following prominent political figures, such as Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and JD Vance, providing an intimate look at the highs and lows of campaigns and the people involved.
Karrin Vasby Anderson (she/her) is Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University, where she teaches courses in rhetoric, political communication, and gender and communication.
Sheila Pree Bright with Joseph Rodriguez
On November 20, 6:30–8 PM ET, photographers Sheila Pree Bright and Joseph Rodriguez come together at ICP to discuss their expansive careers and practices photographing community, including their work on view in ICP's exhibition We Are Here: Scenes from the Street.
Sheila Pree Bright is a renowned international photographic artist and the mind behind the celebrated book #1960Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests. Bright's expansive artworks weave deep insights into contemporary culture. Her iconic series include Plastic Bodies, Suburbia, #1960Now, Invisible Empire, Young Americans, and an evocative portrayal of the 90s Hip Hop scene.
Throughout his decades-long career, Joseph Rodríguez has sought to document the “domestic landscape of America” in his photographs. He grew up in Brooklyn and studied at the School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography. Seeking out marginalized people and communities, and often focusing on the criminal justice system, Rodríguez works in the social documentary tradition to tell stories of people in a way that foregrounds shared realities.
Mark McKnight with Elle Pérez
Join us at 6:30 PM ET on December 4 as Mark McKnight and Elle Pérez discuss their practices encompassing the notion of landscape and the echoes of photographic history, and how these themes are perceived through a queer lens.
Mark Armijo McKnight is an artist whose work has been exhibited internationally. McKnight is a Fulbright Scholar (2008-9), the recipient of the 2019 Aperture Portfolio Prize, The 2020 Light Work Photo Book Award, a 2020 Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant, and a 2023-4 Guggenheim Fellowship. His first solo institutional exhibition, Decreation, is currently on view at The Whitney Museum of American Art.
Elle Pérez is an artist from the Bronx, New York, who lives and works in New York City. Pérez primarily works in photography and moving image, depicting intimate moments, emotional exchanges, and visceral details within their portraits, landscapes, and films. Their work has been exhibited across the United States and internationally.
Kiliii Yuyan
Our final ICP Talk on December 11 at 6:30 PM ET is with Kilii Yuyan, who will share nearly two decades of his work documenting and considering the intersection of climate, human perspective, and culture. From stories of indigenous and native sovereignty across the country to making images of whale hunting practices by the Iñupiaq, Yuyan is dedicated to helping humanity understand itself.
Kiliii Yuyan, a photographer of Chinese and Nanai/Hèzhé (East Asian Indigenous) descent, creates photographic stories for National Geographic and other major publications. His projects in the Arctic and with Indigenous cultures have required wilderness survival, coldwater diving, and a penchant for listening. Kiliii has survived a stalking polar bear, eaten mangoes from the stomach of a fruit bat, and found kinship at the edges of the world. In 2023, Kiliii received the National Geographic Eliza Scidmore Award for Outstanding Storytelling and was named one of PDN's 30 top photographers in 2019.
About the International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture. Cornell Capa founded ICP in 1974 to champion “concerned photography”—socially and politically minded images that can educate and change the world. Through exhibitions, education programs, community outreach, and public programs, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the power of the image. Since its inception, ICP has presented more than 700 exhibitions, provided thousands of classes, and hosted a wide variety of public programs. ICP launched its new integrated center at 79 Essex Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in January 2020. ICP pays respect to the original stewards of this land, the Lenape people, and other Indigenous communities. Visit icp.org to learn more about the museum and its programs.
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