“ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845-2019 is the first survey of the International Center of Photography’s extensive holdings in ICP’s new Lower East Side home and will present over 150 works spanning nearly 175 years of photography from ICP’s archive.
ICP at 50: From the Collection ,1845-2019 chronicles photography’s development from its origins to the present. Arranged roughly in chronological order, the exhibition showcases the work of pivotal photographers including Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Weegee, Gordon Parks, Louise Lawler, Laurie Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, Susan Meiselas, Robert Mapplethorpe, Samuel Fosso, Mickalene Thomas, Jess T. Dugan, Deana Lawson, and more. The exhibition also offers insight into the breadth and depth of ICP’s collection with historically critical images and media that include images taken of the surface of the moon by NASA in 1966, as well as activist posters from the 1980s and ‘90s groups ACT UP New York and Gran Fury.” — ICP
Los Angeles
“Photography featured this year reinforce how photographers are the historians of their and our times. They challenge us to confront questions about who we are as individuals and as a society, and who we want to be,” Executive Director David E. Little said. “ICP at 50 and David Seidner celebrate ICP’s commitment to the great diversity, accessibility, and complexity of image making, and how as an institution, we will continue to follow its many emerging forms and its ongoing impact on human experience. We invite the public to join us in this celebration as we continue to shape the present and future of photography and ICP together.”
ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845-2019, is curated by Elisabeth Sherman, ICP Senior Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections; Sara Ickow, ICP Senior Manager, Exhibitions and Collections; and Haley Kane, ICP Coordinator, Exhibitions and Collections.
Images courtesy International Center of Photography.
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