ICP Photobook Fest 2026
The International Center of Photography is thrilled to host the fifth Photobook Fest, May 8-10, 2026, spanning our museum and school! For one weekend in May, ICP welcomes over 75 publishers from around the world bringing the best in photobook making to the Lower East Side. Tickets are on sale now.
Friday, May 8, 12 PM – 7 PM
Saturday, May 9, 11 AM – 7 PM
Sunday, May 10, 12 PM – 5 PM
$8 – Single Day
$20 – Three Day Pass
Join ICP as a Member and enjoy free access to Photobook Fest all weekend long! Plus exclusive discounts at the ICP Shop and from select publishers. Learn more.
Alphabetical A-L
California, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Warsaw, Poland |
New York, United States |
Tokyo, Japan |
New York, United States |
New York and California, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
Ohio, United States |
New York, United States |
Marseille, France |
New York, USA and Japan, China, Korea |
New Jersey, United States |
New York, United States |
California, United States |
New York, United States |
Bogotá, Colombia |
Georgia, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
Marseille, France |
New York, United States |
Missouri, USA and Querétaro, México |
London, United Kingdom |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
Shanghai, China |
Illinois, United States |
Brighton, United Kingdom |
Ningbo, China |
New York, United States |
New Jersey, United States |
Lima, Peru |
New York, United States |
San Francisco, United States |
Paris, France |
Bologna, Italy |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
Marseille, France |
New York, United States |
Alphabetical M-Z
London, United Kingdom |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
Massachusetts, United States |
Washington, United States |
New York, United States |
New York and Texas, USA, and Bogotá, Colombia |
London, United Kingdom |
Palermo, Italy |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
Maryland, United States |
New York, United States |
Massachusetts, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
Michigan, United States |
California, United States |
New York, United States |
Missouri, United States |
New York, United States |
Lisbon, Portugal |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
New York, United States |
Visit ICP’s Community Table located on floor 2 featuring photobooks and zines from alumni, students, faculty, and staff of the International Center of Photography. All sales go directly to the artists presenting photobooks at this table.
*Participants subject to change.
Faculty: Alina Patrick, Amy Touchette, Anthoula Lelekidis, Bill Armstrong, Brian Rose, Jacqueline Silberbush, Lauren Walsh, Linda Cummings, Patricia Voulgaris, Sara Knelman, Sarah Blesener, Sophie Barbasch.
Alumni: Becca Screnock, Bill Ellis, Danielle Goldstein, Evelyn Sosa, Florence Montmare, Helena Goñi, Hilary Duffy, Hillary Halter, Ira Lupu, Luke Oppenheimer, Michael Kolster, Mila De La Torre, Vaune Trachtman
Students / Staff: Hadasa Castro, Joana Toro, Martha Roschmann, Pasinee Pramunwong
Friday
12:30 PM
ICP Library
| New Photobook Release: ARCHIVE / JOURNAL: 1985 with Jean Dykstra and Vincent Cianni Presented by Daylight Books |
1 PM
ICP School Entrance
| ICP Darkroom + School Tour |
1:30 PM
ICP Library
| New Photobook Release—Mark Abramson: Cue the Birds with Mark Abramson and James Estrin Presented by Eyeshot |
2 – 4 PM
Classroom A
| ICP Mini Crit Lab with Sabrina Santiago Presented by ICP Open Education. Sign-up at the ICP Education & Information Table. |
3 PM
ICP Library
| The Gap from Eye to Page with Sara Knelman and Alan Huck Presented by ICP's One-Year Certificate Program (Online): Writing and the Photographic Image |
3 PM
Workshop Space
| Drop-in Workshop: Print on Rewind with Réplica Ediciónes |
5 – 7 PM
ICP Library
| ICP Alumni Living Room |
Saturday
11 AM- 12 PM
ICP Café
| Cameras and Coffee: Community Meetup—Photobook Swap |
11 AM
Classroom C
| ICP Member Exclusive: Publishing Your Photobook with Harvey Stein Sign up as an ICP member at the admissions desk to book your spot. |
11:30 AM
ICP Library
| New Photobook Release— “Everything is Photograph: A Life of André Kertész" with Patricia Albers and Cynthia Young Presented by ICP |
12:00 PM
ICP School Entrance, Floor 2
| ICP Darkroom + School Tour |
1 PM
ICP Library
| New Photobook Release— Birth Wars: Who Controls Childbirth? With Janet Jarman and Marcel Saba Presented by FotoEvidence |
1:00 PM
Workshop Space
| Drop-in Teen Zine Making Workshop Presented by ICP Youth Programs & Museum Education |
2 – 4 PM
Classroom A
| Open Education Zine Workshop with Patricia Voulgaris Sign-up at the ICP Education & Information Table. |
3:00 PM
Workshop Space
| Drop-in Workshop: Through and Through: Bookbinding & the Family Archive. Presented by Center for Book Arts |
3:00 PM
ICP Library
| Fidelity—Photobooks and (Re)production with Cristina Velasquez, Stephen Stinehour, Thomas Palmer, and Michelle Dunn Marsh. Presented by Minor Matters |
3:00 PM
Studio A
| ICP Member Exclusive: Publishing Your Photobook with Harvey Stein Sign up as an ICP member at the admissions desk to book your spot. |
4:00 PM
ICP School Entrance, Floor 2
| ICP Darkroom + School Tour |
4:15 PM
ICP Library
| Photography and Class with Richard Renaldi, Accra Shepp, Mark Alice Durant, Clint Woodside, and David Campany Presented by Deadbeat Club |
5:30 PM
ICP Library
| New Photobook Release—Tanya Marcuse: VOL. MCCCXXI—MMXXVI 'Deer' & Michael Synder: "Alleghania: A Central Appalachian Folklore. With David Campany and Glenn Ruga Presented by ICP and Social Documentary Network |
Sunday
12:15 PM
ICP Library
| Even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream with Agata Grzybowska & Adriana T. Letorney. Presented by MACK, Supported by the Polish Cultural Institute New York |
1:00 PM
ICP School Entrance Floor 2
| ICP Darkroom + School Tour |
1:00 PM
Workshop Space
| Drop-in Workshop: Personalizing the Vernacular: Storytelling with Found Photographs Presented by Alice Austen House |
2 – 4 PM
Classroom A
| ICP Mini Crit Lab with Michael Ackerman Sign-up at the ICP Education & Information Table. |
2:30 PM
ICP Library
| Books as Cultural Catalysts with Kris Graves and Caleb Cain Marcus Presented by KGP Monolith |
4:00 PM
ICP Library
| Artist to Artist: Marilyn Nance & Qiana Mestrich Presented by En Foco |
Friday
2:00 PM
Immaterial Books
| Phillip Kalantzis Cope, Mid-Continent Modern |
3:00 PM KWY EDICIONES
| Musuk Nolte, Las Pertenencias del aire |
3:00 PM MW Editions
| Nancy A Scherl, Challenger Defender: The Great Tradition of Tibetan Buddhist Monastic Debate |
4:00 PM
KWY EDICIONES
| César Rodríguez, Cuando hay luna llena, la marea sube |
4:00 PM
Abbeville Press
| Michael Horowitz, Cathedrals of Industry |
4:00 PM
GOST Books
| Melonie Bennett, Holy Cow! |
5:00 PM
KWY EDICIONES
| Marco Garro, BocaMina |
5:00 PM
Hartford MFA
| Anastasia Davis & Andrew McClees, Brown Owl Press |
5:30 PM
La Chancleta Voladora ( The Flying Flip Flop )
| Luis Cobelo, Te Amo |
Saturday
12:00 PM
Daylight Books
| Vincent Cianni, Archive / Journal: 1985 - 1995/2001 |
12:00 PM
Abbeville Press
| Daniel Root, The East Village Then & Now |
1:00 PM
Overlapse
| Bryan Anselm, Sound the Sirens |
1:00 PM
Daylight Books
| Marnie Salsky, A Peoplehood | Amiut Yehudit |
1:00 PM
RED HOOK EDITIONS
| Edward Grazda, The Power of Observation |
1:30 PM
Hartford MFA
| Robin Dahlberg, Breaking Point |
2:00 PM
Daylight Books
| Jillian Guyette, We Keep Swimming, Until We All Reach Home |
2:00 PM
Immaterial Books
| Brooke White, What She Saw |
2:00 PM
Thames & Hudson
| Brooke DiDonato, Take a Picture, It Will Last Longer |
2:00 PM
Deadbeat Club
| Courtney Allen, Splendor |
2:00 PM
Abbeville Press
| Steven Kasher, Memoir of a Collection |
2:30 PM
KWY EDICIONES
| Marco Garro, BocaMina |
3:00 PM
Daylight Books
| Ara Oshagan, A Poor Imitation of Death |
3:00 PM
Hartford MFA
| Ruth Lauer Manenti, 4 Sides of the Table |
3:00 PM
'cademy
| Ana Vallejo, All These Feelings |
3:00 PM
Immaterial Books
| Claire Daly, Where The Spirits Got Stuck |
3:00 PM
RED HOOK EDITIONS
| Reuben Radding, Heavenly Arms |
3:00 PM
MW Editions
| David Ricci, Hunter Gatherer: Salvaged Stories of American Culture |
3:00 PM
BLOW UP PRESS
| Michael Ackerman, Homesick New York |
3:00 PM
GOST Books
| Constance Jaeggi, Escaramuza |
3:00 PM
Deadbeat Club
| Richard Renaldi, Billions Served |
3:00 PM
TBW Books
| S. Billie Mandle, Asunder |
3:30 PM
KWY EDICIONES
| Musuk Nolte, El Lenguaje de los Huesos |
4:00 PM
Daylight Books
| Evan Hume, Critical Collection: Image Intelligence and Empire |
4:00 PM
TBW Books
| David Brandon Geeting, The Marble |
4:30 PM
KWY EDICIONES
| César Rodríguez, Cuando hay luna llena, la marea sube |
4:30 PM
Hartford MFA
| Kevin Kunstadt, Pictures from Home |
4:30 PM
RED HOOK EDITIONS
| Ilisa Katz Rissman, April |
4:30 PM
New Poetics Publishing
| Cristina Velásquez, Somos Animales Poéticos |
5:00 PM
FotoEvidence
| Janet Jarman, Birth Wars |
5:00 PM
Daylight Books
| Jordan + Anna Rathkopf, HER2: The Diagnosed, The Caregiver and Their Son |
5:30 PM
La Chancleta Voladora ( The Flying Flip Flop )
| Luis Cobelo, Chas Chas |
6:30 PM
FotoEvidence
| Serhii Korovayny, Love Letters to Donbas |
6:30 PM
Social Documentary Network/ZEKE Magazine
| Michael O. Snyder, Alleghania: A Central Appalachian Folklore Anthology |
Sunday
12:00 PM Daylight Books
| Joseph Seif, Midnight Sun |
12:30 PM KWY EDICIONES
| César Rodríguez, Cuando hay luna llena, la marea sube |
1:00 PM
FotoEvidence
| Janet Jarman, Birth Wars |
1:00 PM
Daylight Books
| Jon Plasse, When Light Falls |
1:00 PM
Overlapse
| Bryan Anselm, Sound the Sirens |
1:30 PM
KWY EDICIONES
| Jorge Panchoaga, Montañas Invisibles |
2:00 PM
Daylight Books
| Leonard Sussman, From Brooklyn to the North Pole |
2:00 PM
RED HOOK EDITIONS
| Anders Goldfarb, Ash Avenue |
2:30 PM
Hartford MFA
| Benjamin Sklar, Tender Brother Limbo |
2:30 PM
La Chancleta Voladora ( The Flying Flip Flop )
| Luis Cobelo, Chas Chas |
3:00 PM
Deadbeat Club
| Maude Arsenault, Resurfaceing |
3:00 PM
MACK
| Keisha Scarville, Passports |
Stop by the catwalk accessible from the floor 3 galleries for a birds-eye of Photobook Fest and stay to browse “Off the Page” Project Space’s presented by Magnum Foundation and Conveyor Editions along with reading rooms presented by Center for Book Arts, and Hartford Photo MFA and Magnum Foundation.
Off the Page Project Spaces
Magnum Foundation presents “Twin Cities: Held Together” featuring works by Drew Arrieta, Jaida Grey Eagle, Tim Evans, Lexi Parra, Joseph Rushmore, Xavier Tavera Castro, and Patience Zalanga. (South Wall)
Conveyor Editions presents “A Tree, A Garden” by Magali Duzant (North Wall)
Reading Rooms
Photo-based Books from the Collections of Center for Book Arts selected by Christian Patterson
Magnum Foundation Reading Table
84 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002
between Delancey Street and Broome Street
Lower East Side
ICP is ADA-compliant. Wheelchair accessible
The building has an accessible elevator and
bathrooms that are gender neutral.
Service animals are welcome.
Photobook Fest is produced by ICP’s Public Program team, led by Jacque D. Bailey, Marley Trigg Stewart, Pasinee Pramunwong, Richard Louissaint, and David Campany. Additional support provided by Eva Parra, Carlos Nuñez Kat Shannon, Winston Forgenie Jr, Stephen Taylor, Mauro Baiocco, and Librada Gonzalez-Fernandez. Marketing and Communications by John Baker, Asher Selle, Ruth Aravena, Karen Perez, and Max Ihlenburg. Booklet + collateral design by m. iamartino.
This event is possible due to the incredible support from across the institution including the teams representing Visitor Experience: Amber Santana, Kevin Nestor, Xiana Garcia, Hadasa Castro, Laura Frisk, Bennett Gershwin, Emily Gioberti, Nada Harib, Kendra Johnson, Tiffany Johnson, Angelaina Rajram, Aleyana Mitchell, Fred Moody, Lili Price, Jeffrey Santos, Chris Toro, Mattie Provost, Tyler Nelson; Education Visitor Experience: Francisco Bengolea, Angela Abiodun, Jon Corpuz, Lula Hawkins, Cydnii Jones, Brandon Rivera, and Riley Natalova; Curatorial: Sara Ickow, Logan Bellew, Izzy Dow, Malaika Newsome, Cara Dellatte, Martha Naranjo Sandoval, Branden Wallace, Cynthia Young; Development: Chloé Jolly, Lucig Kabranian, Alexander Campos, Anthony Chassi, Aldonza Aguilar Fernandez, Rose Wessin, Laura Veno; Executive Office: Bob Jeffrey, Avery Duncan; Operations: Nick Reed, Ellen Rubin, Kevin Jimenez, Kamil James, Jasper Briggs, Winnie Zhong; HR: Giselle Laimo, Lynae Quinones, Ebony Cherry IT: Emmanuel Watts; Education: Per Gylfe, Alan Huck, Daria Tuminas, Karen Marshall, Darin Mickey, Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Antonio Pulgarin, Daniela Name, Haley Soares, Kiera Castellitto, Stephanie Routier, Sara Konradi, Arckii Munjong Kim, Fei Yan, Ricky Day, Leigh Wells, Ariana Sarwari, Story Taveras, Larson Harley, Alina Patrick, Paola Martinez Fiterre, Carter Guthrie, Mariana Vincenti Urdaneta.
What is ICP’s Photobook Fest?
The ICP Photobook Fest presents leading photobook publishers, independent and small presses, artist book makers, and photographers showcasing and celebrating their latest image-based books. The three day event also hosts in-person book signings, conversations, workshops and more, spanning the entire building at the International Center of Photography located on the Lower East Side in New York City.
How do I apply to participate as a publisher in the ICP Photobook Fest?
The Photobook Fest Application is hosted here. Please apply using the email address you wish to use for primary Photobook Fest communication.
Do you offer financial support to publishers that are participating at the ICP Photobook Fest?
Publishers/Vendors that have participated in Photobook Fest in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 are eligible to receive a Returning Partner discount of $75 per table.
Do publishers have to staff their own table for the entire weekend?
Publishers are responsible for facilitating their own sales and staffing their own table through the event. ICP is not able to provide staffing support in any capacity. Publishers accepted into the fair are required to participate for the full three days.
Do you accept proposals for project space installations or physical activations during the weekend?
ICP will be accepting proposals for on-site installations, project spaces, reading rooms, and physical activations. All projects submitted will be organized and facilitated by submitting partner.
Applications for programming, and project spaces will open in 2026.
If I don’t get accepted to the 2026 Photobook Fest, is there a waitlist or other ways to be involved?
Often ICP receives more applications than tables available. There will be a waitlist for publishers who were rejected based on capacity. If a table becomes available prior to the event, the publisher next on the waitlist will be contacted.
I am an alumni, student, or faculty at ICP, are there opportunities for me to sell my photobooks at Photobook Fest?
ICP’s Community table will offer a chance for ICP alumni, faculty, staff, and students to participate in Photobook Fest. More details about opportunities will be available closer to the event. For alumni, please reach out to [email protected] to make sure your contact information is up to date.
How do I learn about media and marketing partnerships for Photobook Fest?
There are several opportunities to partner with ICP in support of Photobook Fest! For information on media partnerships or in-kind donations towards Photobook Fest, please contact Asher Selle ([email protected]).
Who is eligible to apply to participate in the ICP Photobook Fest?
To be eligible for a publisher table:
- You must publish, sell and/or distribute photo-based books or artists’ books.
- All items must be available for sale. (You may include some free items such as stickers, bookmarks, posters, etc)
- Majority of inventory brought to Photobook Fest must be photobooks, photo based zines, and magazines.
What is the fee structure to reserve a table at the ICP Photobook Fest?
More information on Photobook Fest table pricing here.
What makes a good application for financial support to the PBF?
Publishers who meet all the eligibility criteria and who fully fill out both applications will be given priority for financial support.
Do you accept proposals for programming during the weekend?
ICP will be accepting proposals for programming during Photobook Fest.
This year we will accept proposals for panel conversations, lectures, screenings, readings, performances, hour long workshops, or activities to be organized and facilitated by submitting partners.
Applications for programming and project spaces will open at a later date.
If I am a publisher, can I schedule a book signing at my table?
Publishers are encouraged to schedule book signings and photographer/author appearances at their table throughout the weekend. Once accepted, there will be a form to submit information about your scheduled book signings for inclusion on the Photobook Fest website and schedule.
Are there opportunities to work or volunteer for Photobook Fest?
There are currently no opportunities to volunteer to help at Photobook Fest. Please check back closer to the event.
How do I learn about partnership, scholarships, or contributing in-kind donations towards Photobook Fest?
There are several opportunities to partner with ICP in support of Photobook Fest! For information on partnerships, scholarships, or in-kind donations towards Photobook Fest, please contact Chloé Jolly ([email protected]).