International Center of Photography Library
A recent acquisition for the ICP library is this startling book from pre-war Germany. Berlin [texte by] Pierre Mac Orlan R TR820.5.G3 .M33 1935 Berlin is an extraordinary little photobook (almost 70 photogravure images) with a text by the French novelist, critic and songwriter Pierre Mac Orlan (1882-1970). The publisher is B. Arthaud. Grenoble and… Continue reading Berlin: A publication from the 1930s
The current Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945 exhibition on view at the International Center of Photography provides a good platform to discuss Japanese photobooks which deal with the development of a postwar Japanese identity that synthesized the horrors of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings. In the process of healing and creating a truly original visual language,… Continue reading The Impact of Hiroshima & Nagasaki on Japanese Photobooks – Russet Lederman
ICP Library Committee#28 Thursday, May 18, 2011 Museum of Modern Art Library & Archives Milan Huston (MoMA Library & Archives Director) graciously allowed the ICP Library committee a behind the curtain peek at one of the most fabulous art libraries in the world. David Senior (MoMA Bibliographer) pulled exquisite treasures from the MoMA artists’ books… Continue reading ICP Library Committee at the MoMA Library & Archives
Japanese Provoke Era Reprints and Facsimiles in the ICP Library by Russet Lederman This second in a series of blog posts to explore Japanese photobooks and periodicals in the International Center of Photography’s library and permanent collection focuses on reprints and facsimile of well-known 1960s and ‘70s Provoke Era photobooks. During this period in Japan,… Continue reading Japanese Provoke Era Reprints and Facsimiles – Russet Lederman
Arielle Bier The Solar Anus May 12, 2011 ICP-Bard MFA Thesis Show http://www.ariellebier.com/ Arielle Bier in the Library Adventures of an alter-ego by Arielle Bier R TR179.5.B452 .A39 2010 Confessions of an alter-ego by Arielle Bier R TR179.5.B452 .C66 2010 Digressions of an alter-ego by Arielle Bier R TR179.5.B452 .D53 2010 [Arielle Bier] by Arielle… Continue reading The Solar Anus – Arielle Bier. May 12, 2011.
It has been thirty-seven days since Ai Weiwei was detained at the Beijing Capital International Airport just before boarding a flight to Hong Kong. Other than a few vague, disparate statements, including a one-line report that he was under investigation by police and a threatening warning that Ai “will pay the price”, officials have said… Continue reading Ai Weiwei: New York 1983-1993
Tomorrow night this year’s Infinity Award for art photography will be conferred upon Abelardo Morrell. Morrell is exceedingly popular in this library for his fine books of camera obscura images, and his book of books, among others. They are provocative and inspiring examples of how a well-constructed concept drives an artist to the far reaches… Continue reading Abelardo Morrell
Congratulations to Peter van Agtmael Infinity Award Winner for Young Photographer 2011. Peter is a nominee for Magnum Photos and has been documenting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, home and abroad, since 2006. His book 2nd Tour Hope I Don't Die, was published in 2009 and named a PDN Book of the Year. Highlights of… Continue reading Peter van Agtmael – Infinity Award Winner 2011 for Young Photographer
May 9 is the 50th anniversary of Kennedy-appointed FCC Chairman Newton Minnow’s notorious challenge to television invoking an urge for its makers to turn to the public interest. “I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day,… Continue reading Don’t Touch that Dial
Postwar Japanese Monographs in the ICP Library – Russet Lederman The past 10 years has seen a significant increase in both the scholarship and collecting of Japanese photobooks. Stimulated by groundbreaking exhibitions in New York, San Francisco and Houston, along with the publication of several exceptional reference guides, this recent interest in the Japanese photobook… Continue reading Postwar Japanese Monographs – Russet Lederman
Monsters & Madonnas 