The 2013 recipient, Pat Schoenfeld, has made contributions not only as a trustee, but as a member of ICP’s founding staff. Working with Cornell Capa from ICP’s first days in 1974, she launched the bookstore and the publications department, began the membership and intern programs, and assisted with public relations and corporate memberships. The last remaining member of ICP’s original family, Pat shares stories from the center’s earliest days and reflects on what it means to remain involved—though in a different capacity—nearly 40 years later.

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Year: 2014
Place: Winner
Category: Documentary: Series

NPPA's Best of Photojournalism
Year: 2014
Place: Honorable Mention
Category: Visual Column

Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards. The awards ceremony is also ICP’s primary fundraising benefit, with its revenues assisting the center's various programs.

Harbers Studios commissioned MediaStorm, on behalf of ICP, to create a short film about each of the recipients to screen at the awards ceremony and to later remain online. The films serve as an introduction of the recipients to the audience as well as a showcase of their work, highlighting the motivations for honoring them with Infinity Awards.

Pat Schoenfeld stands alone as the only Infinity Award-winner who is not a photographer. Unlike the other productions for this series, there was no photographic work readily available to illustrate her story.

It quickly became apparent that MediaStorm would need access to the ICP photographic archive in order to create a meaningful tribute to the honoree.

The MediaStorm team worked closely with members of the ICP staff to obtain historical images of both the physical location and noteworthy photographers who spent time within its doors. This search necessitated significant coordination to locate the best material. MediaStorm further supplemented ICP’s images with photographs from both Magnum and Getty, in particular photographs of the institution's founder, Cornell Capa.

MediaStorm interviewed the recipients and gathered images to create stories about each of their careers. The resulting eight short films serve individually as biographical glimpses into the recipients’ work and collectively as a portrait of some of the important contributors to photography today.

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Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards. The awards ceremony is also ICP’s primary fundraising benefit, with its revenues assisting the center's various programs.

Harbers Studios commissioned MediaStorm, on behalf of ICP, to create a short film about each of the recipients to screen at the awards ceremony and to display online. The films pay tribute to the contributions of each artist to the craft and field of photography and demonstrate ICP's commitment to them.