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From Robert Capa to Guanyu Xu
From Robert Capa to Guanyu Xu
February 2, 2024
Helen Levitt, New York, 1980. International Center of Photography, Purchase, with funds provided by the ICP Acquisitions Committee, 2008. © Film Documents LLC, courtesy Zander Galerie, Cologne
With this comprehensive presentation, the ICP in New York takes visitors on a thematic exploration of the many photographic processes that form part of the medium’s history. All displayed works were selected from the ICP’s extensive archive, which has continuously evolved since the institution was first established in 1974.
Images by legendary photographers such as Robert Capa, Weegee, Francesco Scavullo and Gerda Taro, are presented alongside less widely known and vernacular works – as well as recent acquisitions by (a.o.) Jess T. Dugan, Nona Faustine, Deana Lawson and Guanyu Xu. The result is a fascinating, in-depth survey of photography history, spanning from the 19th century to the present day.
The ICP was founded in 1974 by Cornell Capa in honour of his brother, Robert Capa (1913–1954) – one of the era’s most pre-eminent photojournalists and war photographers. Robert’s archive, along with images by other leading documentarists of the time, formed the early cornerstone of the ICP’s collection, which now encompasses some 200,000 prints and related materials.
From the Collection, 1845–2019 is on view at the ICP until 6 May 2024.
Katrin UllmannImages by legendary photographers such as Robert Capa, Weegee, Francesco Scavullo and Gerda Taro, are presented alongside less widely known and vernacular works – as well as recent acquisitions by (a.o.) Jess T. Dugan, Nona Faustine, Deana Lawson and Guanyu Xu. The result is a fascinating, in-depth survey of photography history, spanning from the 19th century to the present day.
The ICP was founded in 1974 by Cornell Capa in honour of his brother, Robert Capa (1913–1954) – one of the era’s most pre-eminent photojournalists and war photographers. Robert’s archive, along with images by other leading documentarists of the time, formed the early cornerstone of the ICP’s collection, which now encompasses some 200,000 prints and related materials.
From the Collection, 1845–2019 is on view at the ICP until 6 May 2024.
Helen Levitt, New York, 1980. International Center of Photography, Purchase, with funds provided by the ICP Acquisitions Committee, 2008. © Film Documents LLC, courtesy Zander Galerie, Cologne
Larry Fink, ICP Peter Beard Opening, 1977. International Center of Photography, Gift of Eliot Hirshberg, 1986 © The Estate of Larry Fink
Weegee, Peter Bull as Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky on the set of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. International Center of Photography, Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993 © Getty Images / International Center of Photography
Robert Rauschenberg, Quiet House – Black Mountain, 1949 (printed later). International Center of Photography, Gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, 2009 © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation