International Center of Photography
The School of the International Center of Photography is located across the street from the museum of the ICP, and some of its classes lead students on travel programs around the world.
ICP offers more than 400 courses that range from traditional film and darkroom practice to digital media, as well as certificate and master's degree programs. The state-of-the-art facility features black-and-white and color labs; digital labs, including resources for multimedia and digital video; and a professional shooting studio. The faculty of ICP represents some of the world's most accomplished and innovative practitioners, offering expert guidance and inside perspectives into the field.
For a full list of the variety of classes, workshops and travel programs, click here.
ICP presents more than 20 exhibitions a year, exploring the diversity of the medium—from documentary photography to digital imagery. The collection houses more than 100,000 original photographic prints representing some 1,000 photographers.
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Christer Stromholm: Les Amies de Place Blanche
Fri, May 18, 2012 – Sun, Sept 2, 2012 Christer Strömholm was one of the great photographers of the 20th century, but is little known outside of Sweden. This exhibition presents his most powerful body of work: "Les Amies de Place Blanche," a documentation of transsexual "ladies of the night" in Paris in the 1960s.
President in Petticoats: Civil War Propaganda in Photographs
Fri, May 18, 2012 – Sun, Sept 2, 2012 At dawn on May 10, 1865, a contingent of Michigan cavalry captured Davis in a makeshift camp outside Irwinville, Georgia. In his haste to flee, Davis grabbed his wife's overcoat rather than his own. News reports immediately circulated that Davis had been apprehended in women's clothes and that he was attempting to disguise himself as a woman. Caricaturists seized upon these rumors of cowardly escape and created wildly inventive images.
Fri, May 18, 2012 – Sun, Sept 2, 2012 In honor of its retiring Ehrenkranz Director , ICP presents an engaging survey of its vast and unique collection of photographs. One of the hallmarks of the collection is a focus on alternative histories of photography, including marginalized social practices of photography as well as popular and nonart approaches to the medium.