International Center of Photography Library
Heaven and Earth spoke to me as I slid it off the shelf. Heavy, it sits in your hands as quite large. Richard Long did a lot of walking and piling of stones, for those who are unfamiliar to his art works. He photographs the interpretation of his experience of a planned journey, and titles… Continue reading Richard Long’s Heaven and Earth
Telegram from W. Eugene Smith
Images of a rattlesnake eating a hamster. From an exhibition at the AMNH in 1955 on photography entitled "The Camera at the Museum". Lew was to do a piece on the show in U.S. Camera, and these images were among the promotional materials. A very conservative show, that included many early stock-like images of animals… Continue reading From the Vertical Files
One Hundred Stonewares (ICP Library call #: TR656 .U431 2008) From the Collection of The University of Tokyo, Photographed by Yoshihiko Ueda and Edited by Yoshiaki Nishino This is one of a series of, I think, 3 books from the University of Tokyo Press on cultural objects. In the introduction to this book, the topic… Continue reading One Hundred Stonewares
Hello readers, I would like to introduce myself as a new administrator to the ICP Library blog. My name is Garret Miller, and I am a 2nd year MFA candidate at the ICP-Bard program. I will try to update you with a variety of topics including the library's recent acquisitions, rare book profiles, and my… Continue reading A Short Introduction
Monsters & Madonnas 