Join us during Late Night ICP for Teen Night! Explore our current exhibitions and get your portrait made by Jai Chavez and Marilyn Elisabeth Leal. Later on, Teen Academy students Heaven Murphy, Rónán Selby-Curran, and Torence Sealy join photographer Steven Molina Contreras in conversation.Torence Sealy is a Brooklyn based photography student. He was born and raised in the Bronx, where he first started taking photography classes with ICP at The Point in 2022. In his work he uses 35mm film and Polaroids to connect with his community and explore newfound friendships with the people he meets throughout New York City.Rónán Selby-Curran is a current ICP student from NYC. He enjoys photographing nature, wildlife, landscapes, reflections, shadows, different environments and conditions (i.e. rainy, snowy, foggy, sunny, cloudy, overcast, etc.), transportation and architectural cityscapes highlighting the geometry, angles and textures in different lighting. His love for the outdoors started in the Adirondacks at 6 months old, hiking, snowshoeing and paddleboarding. His formal introduction to photography began in the autumn of 2019 at a Queens Botanical Garden pinhole camera workshop, leading to B&W classes at ICP at the Point & Teen Academy. His work has been exhibited in various parks during Photoville Festival in NY for the past 5 years and in San Francisco’s 2021 Presidio "My Parks Moment" exhibition celebrating the reopening of the Presidio Tunnel Tops.Heaven Murphy (b. Brooklyn) is a multidisciplinary artist using photography as their main medium. Murphy is currently a senior, majoring in art at the High School of Fashion Industries expected to graduate in 2025. Murphy has previously completed the B&W film photo course for social change at The International Center of Photography in 2024, thus leading her to be a part of this 2025 cohort of ICP Imagemakers. From Murphy’s adolescence she took pictures for her mother and sisters which caused photography to reel her in like bait on a fishing pole. Through these enriching experiences, street photography and portraiture came naturally to Heaven. Murphy aims to sharpen her technical skill set whilst defining her creative practice, pushing her images and creating meaningful stories.Steven Molina Contreras (b. San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Brooklyn-based artist and photographer whose work explores themes of migration, family, and belonging. Rooted in personal history and cultural memory, his images blend documentary aesthetics with performance and vernacular image-making to reimagine domestic and everyday spaces as sites of transformation and resilience.His work has been exhibited at the Musée de l’Elysée, the Hood Museum of Art, and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, and has traveled nationally through You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography. His photographs have appeared in Aperture, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Matte Magazine and are held in the collections of the Hood Museum and Light Work. He has been an artist-in-residence at Light Work and the Center for Photography at Woodstock. He has lectured at institutions including NYU, Stanford, Bard College, Anderson Arts Center, and Pratt.Third Thursdays at ICPOn these special evenings, the third Thursday of each month from 5–8 PM, we welcome our community into the museum for no cost. Free Third Thursdays further ICP's dedication to expanding access to see important exhibitions and experience a robust range of programming. We look forward to welcoming you to our space to connect with ICP's community and learn more about the history and future of imagemaking.Third Thursdays are made possible thanks to an expanded partnership with MPB.About Third Thursdays Sponsor MPBMPB transforms the way that people buy, sell and trade photo and video gear. As the largest global platform for used photography and videography equipment, MPB is a destination for everyone, whether you’ve just discovered your passion for visual storytelling or you’re already a pro.Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB has always been committed to making gear more accessible and affordable, and helping to visualize a more sustainable future. MPB recirculates more than 485,000 used products every year, extending the life and creative potential of photo and video equipment for creators around the world.Headquartered in the creative communities of Brooklyn, Brighton and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service.

This event is free with museum admission.Join us for a guided walking tour of the exhibitions Weegee: Society of the Spectacle, To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography, and American Job 1940-2011.About the ExhibitionsWeegee: Society of the Spectacle aims to reconcile Weegee's broad photographic career through an investigation of his focus on a critique of 20th century popular culture and its insatiable appetite for spectacle.To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography reimagines what an archive can be or might look like—more than just a means of recuperating the past, these artists utilize the archive as a form for imagining new futures.American Job: 1941-2011 surveys the photographic response to labor organizing and strike activity, race and gender discrimination in labor, organized labor’s role in politics, labor and activism, and the intersection of labor and the social changes wrought by the economic restructurings of the twentieth century. Program Format/Accessibility InformationThis is a walking tour of the gallery; no seating is provided. For accessibility questions or requests, please email [email protected].

Join us at ICP for the New York launch of "Painted Frames” by iconic photographer Malick Sidibe, published by Loose Joints. Contributing essayist Amy Sall will be in conversation with ICP Creative Director David Campany to discuss the impact of Sidibe’s legacy, the distinctive craft in this late career series, and the accompanying exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery. Reserve "Malick Sidibé: Painted Frames" (Loose Joints, $75) for pick-up when reserving your seat to the program or order through the ICP shop for shipping. About the Book Loose Joints is honoured to announce Painted Frames, a little-known collection of works by the late Malick Sidibé. Known as the 'Eye of Bamako,' Sidibé documented the lives, style, and energy of post-independence Mali with unparalleled intimacy. His iconic black-and-white photographs, from the exuberant youth of Bamako's dancehalls to the self-assured subjects in his studio, captured a nation defining itself in a moment of profound social and cultural change. Painted Frames reimagines this legacy, blending Sidibé's hallmark portraits with vivid, hand-painted coloured frames created in collaboration with the artist and local Malian artisans toward the end of Sidibé's life. These frames were not mere embellishments but functional objects — keepsakes and symbols of status, gifted, circulated, cherished and shared. They reflect the joy, pride, and self-expression of Sidibé's subjects, reminding us that his photography was always a social practice first and foremost, designed to celebrate the interconnectedness of African people, culture, and identity. This late series highlights Sidibé's enduring commitment to celebrating Mali's cultural modernity, emphasising his works as dynamic pieces of social transmission rather than fetishised art objects. By layering painted borders with photographic portraits, Sidibé brought a new richness to his work, amplifying its role as a celebration of social exchange, while also serving as a curatorial gesture in which he gathered together the most important works from his diverse and expansive œuvre into a jubilant burst of colour and affirmation.About the GuestsAmy Sall is a writer, independent researcher, and collector-archivist based in New York. She is the founding editor of SUNU: Journal of African Affairs, Critical Thought + Aesthetics, a pan-African, post-disciplinary platform exploring the artistic, cultural, and intellectual production of Africa and the diaspora across time and space. Amy holds a master's degree in human rights studies from Columbia University. As a Part-time Lecturer at The New School, New York, she conceived and taught two courses, “The African Gaze: Visual Culture of Postcolonial Africa and the Social Imagination” and “Third Cinema & the Counter Narratives.” Through her work, she has been invited to participate in and moderate a number of panel discussions and Q&As with artists, filmmakers, scholars and curators, and invited to deliver guest lectures at universities such as Yale. Amy's work also extends to consulting and conducting research for entities engaged in projects, programming, and exhibitions relating to contemporary African and Afro-diasporic visual culture. She has worked with companies and organizations such as A24 Books where she served as Archival Consultant for the book On The Dance Floor. Amy's private collection, The Sall Collection, is an assemblage of studio and other vernacular photography, printed matter, and ephemera with a pan-African focus. Her work and interests explore the theory and praxis of cultural sovereignty, cultural preservation, anti-/de-/post-coloniality, human rights, visual culture, and the archive. Amy's first book, published by Thames & Hudson titled The African Gaze: Photography, Cinema and Power, was released in 2024. Aside from her writing and cultural work, she also collaborates with fashion and beauty brands. She has collaborated with and has been featured in editorials and campaigns for global brands and a number of publications. David Campany is Creative Director of the International Center of Photography, New York. He has worked worldwide with institutions including MoMA New York, Tate, Whitechapel Gallery London, Centre Pompidou, Le Bal Paris, ICP New York, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Photographer’s Gallery London, ParisPhoto, PhotoLondon, The National Portrait Gallery London, Aperture, Steidl, MIT Press, Thames & Hudson, MACK and Frieze.Image by Malick Sidibe

This event is free with museum admission.Join us for a guided walking tour of the exhibitions Weegee: Society of the Spectacle, To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography, and American Job 1940-2011.About the ExhibitionsWeegee: Society of the Spectacle aims to reconcile Weegee's broad photographic career through an investigation of his focus on a critique of 20th century popular culture and its insatiable appetite for spectacle.To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography reimagines what an archive can be or might look like—more than just a means of recuperating the past, these artists utilize the archive as a form for imagining new futures.American Job: 1941-2011 surveys the photographic response to labor organizing and strike activity, race and gender discrimination in labor, organized labor’s role in politics, labor and activism, and the intersection of labor and the social changes wrought by the economic restructurings of the twentieth century. Program Format/Accessibility InformationThis is a walking tour of the gallery; no seating is provided. For accessibility questions or requests, please email [email protected].

Explore the world of Weegee and create art inspired by Weegee: Society of the Spectacle during this hands-on all ages family workshop led by educator Carlos Nunez.Learn about Weegee during an introductory tour of the show and then join the hands-on activity to make your own monotype frame and polaroid self-portrait. All ages 4 and up are welcome. Parents and guardians must remain with their children during the activity.

What can a photographer do on a movie set? Beginning with the photographer Weegee's invitation from director Stanley Kubrick to shoot the making of the film Dr. Strangelove, ICP's Creative Director David Campany discusses the rich and overlooked history of independently-minded photographers gaining access to film studios and movie productions. From Margaret Bourke-White, Edward Weston, and Diane Arbus, to William Eggleston, Saul Leiter, and Garry Winogrand, when photographers are free to respond as they wish, what they often make are documents that question or contemplate the nature of cinematic artifice.Weegee, Cinema, and Beyond is being offered both in person at ICP, located on NYC's Lower East Side, and online. Tickets to attend the conversation in person in the ICP library are $5 and do not include access to ICP’s galleries. Arrive early to see current exhibitions Weegee: Society of the Spectacle, To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography, and American Job: 1940–2011, on view through May 5, 2025.David Campany is Creative Director of the International Center of Photography, New York. He has worked worldwide with institutions including MoMA New York, Tate, Whitechapel Gallery London, Centre Pompidou, Le Bal Paris, ICP New York, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Photographer’s Gallery London, ParisPhoto, PhotoLondon, The National Portrait Gallery London, Aperture, Steidl, MIT Press, Thames & Hudson, MACK and Frieze.

In this members-only event, Photographer’s Circle level members and up are invited for a special tour of The Photography Show 2025 presented by AIPAD at the Park Ave Armory. Enjoy an in-depth look at works on view, discuss photography with fellow members, and explore the photography fair guided by an ICP expert.Learn more and become an ICP member here.