Snap The Sweep: NYC At Work

Snap the Sweep: Youth-Led Photography & Community Action 

Join the high school students behind Snap the Sweep: NYC at Work, a youth-led photography initiative celebrating New York City's sanitation workers and the people who keep our city clean and running.

Following a brief presentation introducing the project and highlighting photographs submitted so far, an ICP alum Alexis Gines will lead a photowalk through the Lower East Side focused on Snap the Sweep. Participants are invited to explore their community through photography and capture the people and everyday work that often go unnoticed.

Bring your camera or smartphone and join us for this opportunity to photograph your neighborhood, connect with fellow photographers, and contribute to the project.

Final Call for Submissions!

Photograph submissions remain open through Sunday, October 18, at 12 PM (noon) ET. Selected photographs will be featured at ICP, and two winning photographers will receive a free ICP Teen Academy course, offering an opportunity to develop their photographic skills through ICP's Youth Programs.

Learn more and submit your photographs.

This free event takes place during Open House New York Weekend and Fujikina NYC 2026, the Lower East Side photography festival presented by FUJIFILM and centered at ICP.

Full three-day Fujikina tickets are sold separately for $10: https://shopusa.fujifilm-x.com/fujikina/  

Alexis Gines

Alexis Gines is a New York City–born documentary photographer, educator, and 2025 graduate of the International Center of Photography’s Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism program. Her work explores Nuyorican identity, cultural preservation, and the socioeconomic realities of Puerto Rican communities in the South Bronx. In 2026, Gines was selected as a recipient of the prestigious Magnum Foundation Counter Histories: Puerto Rico Fellowship, chosen from 216 applicants.

This is a free event.  ICP's museum will also be free for the Open House.  Fujikina events across the Lower East Side and at ICP are managed through their website.