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84 Ludlow Entrance

Photography Lives Here

The International Center of Photography is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture. Through exhibitions, education programs, community outreach, and public programs, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the power of the image, and is a gathering place for the photography community to meet, exchange ideas, and support one another.

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Dayanita Singh

ICP Alum & Infinity Award Winner
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Ian Lewandowski

Ian Lewandowski

ICP Faculty
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Jon Henry

ICP Faculty
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Keisha Scarville

ICP Alum and Faculty
Applications Open for Fall 2025 Full-time Programs

The School at ICP was established in 1977 and services more than 3,500 adult and teen students annually.

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The School at ICP is home to a vibrant learning community made possible by the generous support of donors and members. Support our efforts to open more scholarship opportunities and welcome learning practitioners from all over the city, country, and world.

Upcoming Events

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Meet the Program Chairs—One-Year Certificate Program Info Session
Join Darin Mickey, Creative Practices Chair, and Karen Marshall, Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Chair, to learn about onsite One-Year Certificate program including program structure, curriculum highlights, faculty, student life, the admissions process, our vibrant community, and more.You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions directly to the program chairs and Admissions team.Applications for Fall 2026 are now open!Apply by March 1, 2026 for priority consideration and merit-based scholarship opportunities.ICP’s On-Site One-Year Certificate Programs will begin in mid-August 2026 at our New York City campus.About the Event Format This is an online event held via Zoom. Please register in advance for this free event. If you have questions about the event, please contact [email protected] by ICP alum Nina Tanujaya (CP '23)
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International Student Q&A—Onsite One-Year Certificate Programs
Do you have questions about studying at ICP as an international student? Join ICP's International Student Q&A, with International Student Advisors! This info session will cover:What it's like being an international student at ICPAdmission requirements for international studentsForm I-20 & F-1 student visa applications (visa interviews) and your obligations while studying in the United StatesEmployment opportunities while on an F-1 student visa (work-study & post-completion OPT)Applications for Fall 2026 are now open!Apply by March 1, 2026 for priority consideration and merit-based scholarship opportunities.ICP’s On-Site One-Year Certificate Programs will begin in mid-August 2026 at our New York City campus.About the Event Format This is an online event held via Zoom. Please register in advance for this free event. If you have questions about the event, please contact [email protected]. Image by ICP One-Year Program alum Evelyn Sosa
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Film Screening - Gioncarlo Valentine: Exposures
Join us at ICP for a screening of Gioncarlo Valentine: Exposures, directed by Zeshawn Ali, exploring Valentine’s practice through the lens of compassion, community, and creative drive. Following the screening, Valentine will be joined in conversation by writer Casey Gerald.About the FilmIn Exposures, Gioncarlo Valentine’s lush and tender photography is on full display. For his work as a queer Black photographer from Baltimore, he has dedicated his career towards creating an archive of everyday moments to honor the beauty of his community. But as his profile as a photographer grows, he reckons with the increased visibility and what it means for the work he creates. This film was commissioned by the "In the Making" Series –– a documentary shorts series from American Masters and Firelight Media –– which follows emerging cultural icons on their journeys to becoming masters of their artistic disciplines.Runtime: 18 min.About the SpeakersGioncarlo Valentine (b. 1990) is an award-winning American photographer and writer from Baltimore City. His photographs have been collected by the Whitney Museum of American Art and he has been commissioned by Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, The New Yorker, and Scientific American among many others.Casey Gerald is the author There Will Be No Miracles Here, named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The New York Times, among others. His critically-acclaimed essays include “The Black Art of Escape” for New York Magazine, and “Leon Bridges After Dark,” for Texas Monthly. Casey has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, at TED and SXSW, in Italian Vogue, and on the cover of Fast Company, which named him one of the "Most Creative People in Business." He is at work on his forthcoming book, The Great Refusal, to be published May 2026 by Little, Brown. Image by Gioncarlo Valentine
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Cameras and Coffee: Community Meet-Up (November 2025)
Connect with ICP's community during our monthly Cameras and Coffee social meet-up for photographers, collectors, and camera enthusiasts! During the event, grab freshly brewed coffee by Deadbeat Club and pastries, available for purchase in the ICP café.Cameras and Coffee is held at ICP in our cafe the second Saturday of each month. This event is free to attend with RSVP. Image by Scott Rudd
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Photo credit; Gabrielle Ravet 
Fall 2025 Exhibitions Tour
This event is free with museum admission.Join us for a guided walking tour of the exhibitions Graciela Iturbide: Serious Play, Naima Green: Instead, I spin fantasies, and Sergio Larrain: Wanderings, led by a museum educator. About the ExhibitionsGraciela Iturbide: Serious PlayThe first ever retrospective of Iturbide’s work in New York City. This landmark exhibition, organized in collaboration with Fundación MAPFRE and curated by Carlos Gollonet, Chief Curator of Photography at Fundación MAPFRE, features nearly 200 photographs spanning five decades of her groundbreaking career.Iturbide learned photography under renowned Mexican modernist Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Throughout her career, Iturbide traveled extensively throughout Mexico–and beyond–turning her attention to communal life, indigenous communities, and the interactions between nature and culture.Naima Green: Instead, I spin fantasiesThe exhibition grapples with the concept of pregnancy through constructed self-portraits, landscapes and still-lifes—blurring the line between documentary and performance. Green probes the conventional expectations and representational tropes of motherhood, while also creating an expanded space for considering the experience of pregnancy in America.Curated by Guest Curator Elisabeth Sherman, Instead, I spin fantasies brings together dozens of new works, including photographs printed using the historical technologies of albumen and lumen printing processes, along with a site-specific vinyl installation that utilizes the architecture of ICP’s third floor galleries.Sergio Larrain: WanderingsAn exhibition consisting of prints drawn entirely from the Magnum Photos archive. Curated by Agnès Sire, former Director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, the exhibition primarily highlights the work Larrain made during the first twenty years of his career, in cities such as Valparaíso, Santiago, Paris and London.Wanderings provides a new perspective on Larrain’s inventive and humanist photography that for decades has remained little seen and seldom exhibited, looking at both the material and spiritual drama of rural and urban life while also charting the subtle evolution of Larrain’s style. Program Format/Accessibility InformationThis is a walking tour of the gallery; no seating is provided. For accessibility questions or requests, please email [email protected]. Image © Gabrielle Ravet
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Paris Photo: ICP in Paris
Join ICP CEO Bob Jeffrey and Creative Director David Campany for an unforgettable four-day trip to Paris during Paris Photo.Trip Highlights:Welcome breakfastUnlimited access to the fair, including guided tours led by ICP’s curatorExclusive visit to Louis Stettner’s studioPrivate viewing of the renowned collection of Damien and Florence BachelotArtist-led tour with Luc Delahaye of his major monographic exhibition at The Jeu de PaumeCocktail hour with ICP Alumni and more!This trip is exclusively for ICP Trustees, Committee Members, and Visionary Circle Members (and above). An updated itinerary will be shared periodically. Participation Fee: $750 (covers all ICP-organized activities)
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Admissions Team Q&A—Onsite One-Year Certificate Programs
Discover everything you need to know about our Onsite One-Year Certificate Program! Join our Admissions Team virtually to explore key admission dates, the academic timeline, program structure, tuition and scholarship opportunities, and learn what makes a successful application.Applications for Fall 2026 are now open!Apply by March 1, 2026 for priority consideration and merit-based scholarship opportunities.ICP’s On-Site One-Year Certificate Programs will begin in mid-August 2026 at our New York City campus.About the Event Format This is an online event held via Zoom. Please register in advance for this free event. If you have questions about the event, please contact [email protected] by Matthew Septimus

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ICP's museum, school, bookstore, and café are located at 84 Ludlowm St. in New York's historic Lower East Side. 

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Members are the heart of ICP's community. Beyond their involvement in a robust network of imagemakers and image appreciators, ICP's members receive complimentary tickets to all exhibitions, reduced tuition for Open Education courses, invitations to members-only events, and much more.