International Center of Photography wants its images of epidemic
So far, the images have a border: wearing a woman Mask And blue plastic gloves. Empty The roads. a pair of dogs In a mist-filled park. Inside a desert Metro car. Hug a woman The tree. Two children with their faces pressed against one Window.
The International Center of Photography is collecting a virtual collection of images related to the coronavirus epidemic. Photographers, both professionals and otherwise, can share images on Instagram using the hashtag #ICPConcerned. Submissions are also accepted via email to [email protected] Single images, photo sequences, image-text works, video and audio presentations are all welcome.
To date, ICP Has received more than 3,000 submissions. I. C. P. The curatorial team is reviewing five. They post between three and six images per day @ICP Accounting.
The ethos for the project was inspired by the center’s founder and first director, Cornell Capa, who died in 2008. Mr. Capa coined the phrase “concerned photographer,” which “produces images in which the spirit of the real person dominates commercial anarchism or apathy. Formalism.”
Established in 1974, ICP There are old wars, social movements, and disasters to create a historical archive for future generations. this year, It moved to a new home in Essex Crossing, a major new Lower East Side development in Manhattan.
The epidemic’s photo project was formed from a “desire to have a relationship”, said Mark Lubell, executive director of I.P.P. He said, “As the crisis continues, the pictures will reflect the different phases we are all experiencing.” “Looking at it in real time makes sense where we are at the moment.”
Mr. Lubell contrasted the moment with the September 11 attacks, when “there was something to see that was quite physical. We can snap after that,” he said. Documenting the virus is more complicated. ” How do you take photos that are not photographic? “
Mr. Lubell pointed to the recent submission, which highlights the relationship between people and a sense of mutual engagement. “We’re taking pictures of what we’re missing,” he said. “It’s really a human reaction.”
