All posts tagged “International Center of Photography

The Early Years of Rhythm and Blues: Photographs by Benny Joseph from the Documentary Arts Collection at ICP Mana, October 18, 2015 – January 10, 2016

“Tracing the rise of rhythm and blues music in the 1950s and 1960s within the context of civil rights movement, it features portraits of such celebrated performers as B.B. King, Sam “Lightnin’”Hopkins, Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and Della Reese. The exhibition also includes Joseph’s striking… Read More

Hunt’s Three Ring Circus: American Groups Before 1950 at 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, September 28, 2015 – January 8, 2016

“The exhibition features more than 100 photographs and video from a private collection of unusual vintage images of American crowds, rallies, assemblies, teams, organizations, fraternities, unions, clubs, tribes, conventions, and alliances, all made before 1950. This colorful, touching, and often humorous look at American cultural and… Read More