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2019

Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards.

2019 ICP Infinity Awards

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Shahidul Alam is a Bangladeshi photojournalist, teacher, and social activist. A TIME “Person of the Year”, he is celebrated for his commitment to using his craft to preserve democracy in his country at all costs.

2019 ICP Infinity Awards: Special Presentation - Shahidul Alam

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Rosalind Fox Solomon’s photographs are both a mirror to self-transformation; and a testament to some of the most important moments in history, including early photos of the AIDS Crisis, apartheid in South Africa, and life in the West Bank.

2019 ICP Infinity Awards: Lifetime Achievement - Rosalind Fox Solomon

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Dawoud Bey’s photographs and process have been described as a “civic act of seeing”. He says his photographs of marginalized people and histories are all a way of giving these subjects greater value than they’re traditionally given.

2019 ICP Infinity Awards: Art - Dawoud Bey

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Jess T. Dugan uses photography to explore gender and sexuality. Her celebrated book, “To Survive on This Shore”, is a collection of photographs and interviews that document the joys and challenges of the lives of trans people over fifty.

2019 ICP Infinity Awards: Emerging Photographer - Jess T. Dugan

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Writer Zadie Smith pays homage to photographer Deana Lawson in the artist’s first Monograph. In this essay, Smith describes how Deana Lawson’s work uniquely places individuals from the African Diaspora in a “kingdom of restored glory”.

2019 ICP Infinity Awards: Critical Writing and Research - Zadie Smith

for Harbers Studios and International Center of Photography

2018

Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards.

2018 ICP Infinity Awards

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Maurice Berger–cultural historian, and columnist for the New York Times’ Race Stories–has spent his career studying and teaching racial literacy through visual literacy.

2018 ICP Infinity Awards: Critical Writing and Research - Race Stories by Maurice Berger

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Alexandra Bell exposes how language and imagery are used to perpetuate racist narratives in the mainstream media. Her meticulous re-imaginings of New York Times pages show how language, images and layout affect meaning.

2018 ICP Infinity Awards: Applied - Alexandra Bell

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In photojournalism, Natalie Keyssar combines her passions for art and social justice. An enduring subject for her is capturing the unrest in Venezuela and documenting the unraveling of the dream for justice and equality that he represented.

2018 ICP Infinity Awards: Emerging Photographer - Natalie Keyssar

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Tired of being quiet about a problem that has long persisted in journalism, Daniella Zalcman sought to address the hiring gap between white men and women, and people of color. The result is Women Photograph.

2018 ICP Infinity Awards: Online Platform & New Media - Women Photograph

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Samuel Fosso, a Cameroonian-born Nigerian photographer, reflects on his life’s work in self-portraiture and how it has always challenged notions of authority, governance, and whiteness.

2018 ICP Infinity Awards: Art - Samuel Fosso

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Photographer Amber Bracken recognized something deeper than a protest was afoot when hundreds of tribes gathered at the Standing Rock reservation in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

2018 ICP Infinity Awards: Documentary & Photojournalism - Amber Bracken

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Taken by her experience with books, Dayanita Singh set out to create a book of her images that was also, somehow, an exhibition. After years of experimentation with both the book and the gallery experience, Dayanita created Museum Bhavan.

2018 ICP Infinity Awards: Artist's Book - Dayanita Singh for Museum Bhavan

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Bruce Davidson and his camera have, over the course of the last 60 years, created imagery which is burned into the American consciousness. Davidson created images that define not just a style of photography, but a moment in history.

2018 ICP Infinity Awards: Lifetime Achievement - Bruce Davidson

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2017

Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards.

2017 ICP Infinity Awards

for Harbers Studios and International Center of Photography

After spending a year on a failed photographic project in China, Michael Christopher Brown needed a change. A year later, he was recovering from a near fatal injury, and the wounds of a loss that shook the photography community to its core.

2017 ICP Infinity Awards: Artist's Book: Michael Christopher Brown for Libyan Sugar

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“Vision & Justice” explores how photography has been weaponized to both denigrate and celebrate African American life. This publication honors the works of African American artists who seek to reframe the visual narrative.

2017 ICP Infinity Awards: Critical Writing and Research: Vision and Justice by Sarah Lewis and Michael Famighetti

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In his retelling of the Indian epic the Ramayana, Vasantha Yogananthan explores the space between truth and fiction, merging documentary and fine art photography to create a story about how the myth impacts Indian society today.

2017 ICP Infinity Awards: Emerging Photographer - Vasantha Yogananthan

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By following the seemingly mundane bureaucratic paper trail of the War on Terror, Photographer Edmund Clark and investigator Crofton Black uncover secrets the government would rather keep hidden.

2017 ICP Infinity Awards: Documentary & Photojournalism - Edmund Clark and Crofton Black for Negative Publicity

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For Freedoms is the first artist-run Super PAC. The PAC was founded by photographers and artists to engage in the political process and offer more complex messages.

2017 ICP Infinity Awards: Online Platform & New Media - For Freedoms - Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman

for Harbers Studios and International Center of Photography

2016

Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards.

2016 ICP Infinity Awards

for Harbers Studios and International Center of Photography

Jonathan Harris and Greg Hochmuth have a complicated relationship with the internet and have worked together to develop an artwork that explored some of the more difficult consequences of what it means to live with the internet.

2016 ICP Infinity Awards: Online Platform & New Media - Jonathan Harris and Gregor Hochmuth

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For more than a decade South African photographer Zanele Muholi has documented hate crimes against members of the LGBTI community in South Africa. Though the country ratified gay marriage in 2006, the discrimination and violence persist.

2016 ICP Infinity Awards: Documentary & Photojournalism - Zanele Muholi

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Walid Raad, an artist for over 25 years, has explored a range of issues from the facticity of photographic and video documents to the histories of art within the Arab world.

2016 ICP Infinity Awards: Art - Walid Raad

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Susan Schuppli examines the ways in which the residues of technology leave their mark in video and still photography, how the very mechanics of image-making adds not only metadata but also a larger story about the nature of its creation.

2016 ICP Infinity Awards: Critical Writing & Research - Susan Schuppli

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“My photography has gravitated towards trying to understand relationships between state power and its citizens,” says Matthew Connors. By blurring categories, he offers us a broader understanding of complex political situations.

2016 ICP Infinity Awards: Artist's Book - Matthew Connors

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Artur Walther spent 20 years on Wall Street. But he never had plans to retire. Instead, he has amassed the world’s largest privately held collection of African photography. He is an exhibitor and publisher, too.

2016 ICP Infinity Awards: Trustee Award - Artur Walther

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David Bailey is an artist, photographer and commercial director. His portraits are widely known, having photographed everyone from The Beatles to the Queen of England.

2016 ICP Infinity Awards: Lifetime Achievement - David Bailey

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The International Center of Photography has since 1974, been a worldly cultural center for the discussions and creation of photography and media. All forms of photography and media are celebrated within the broad reach of ICP’s programs.

ICP: Expanding the Conversation

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2015

Shine On tells the story of Shine On Sierra Leone, an innovative education-based cultural partnership that focuses on social development through personal transformation.

for Harbers Studios, Shine on Sierra Leone and Cash & Rocket

Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards.

2015 ICP Infinity Awards

for Harbers Studios and International Center of Photography

Tomas Van Houtryve wants there to be a permanent visual record of the dawn of the drone age, the period in American history when America started outsourcing their military to flying robots. In order to create this record, Van Houtryve...

2015 ICP Infinity Awards: Photojournalism - Tomas van Houtryve

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Evgenia Arbugaeva was born in the magical town of Tiksi, Russia. The barren, white landscape influenced Arbugaeva in almost every aspect of her dreamlike photography.

2015 ICP Infinity Awards: Young Photographer - Evgenia Arbugaeva

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Larry Fink has spent over 40 years photographing jazz musicians, wealthy manhattanites, his neighbors, fashion models, and the celebrity elite. His archive is a thoughtful collection of American history.

2015 ICP Infinity Awards: Art - Larry Fink

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LaToya Ruby Frazier's body of work "The Notion of Family" examines the impact of the steel industry and health care system on the community of Braddock, PA.

2015 ICP Infinity Awards: Publication - LaToya Ruby Frazier

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Graciela Iturbide always photographs what surprises her. Her imaginative photographs embrace the wonder of the natural world—reflecting her love for life and her playfulness with death.

2015 ICP Infinity Awards: Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement - Graciela Iturbide

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Created over a four-year period, Question Bridge: Black Men offers a simple but profound vantage point: the ability to listen in as black men talk to each other.

2015 ICP Infinity Awards: New Media - Question Bridge

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Getty Images and Leanin.org have teamed up to repicture not just women, but men, families, and the workplace. As Leanin.org founder Sheryl Sandberg says, "If you can't see it, you can't be it."

2015 ICP Infinity Awards: Trustees - The Lean In Collection

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2014

Harbers Studios brings human and environmental issues into focus through the power of visual media.

Harbers Studios 2014 Reel

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Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards.

2014 ICP Infinity Awards

for Harbers Studios and International Center of Photography

'Too Young to Wed', a transmedia campaign using images by Stephanie Sinclair and videos by Jessica Dimmock, works to support girls who are already married and ultimately bring an end to child marriage.

2014 ICP Infinity Awards: Photojournalism - Stephanie Sinclair & Jessica Dimmock

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Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin are a collaborative team that has spent the last 15 years pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a traditional photographer.

2014 ICP Infinity Awards: Publication - Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin

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James Welling’s vibrant digital inkjet prints and detailed colored photograms offer an experimental sensibility to photography. His photography serves as a window into the imagination and brings color to life.

2014 ICP Infinity Awards: Art - James Welling

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Jürgen Schadeberg, whose career spans more than 65 years, has been called the father of South African photography. He photographed defining moments in South African history, including the early days of Nelson Mandela’s political presence.

2014 ICP Infinity Awards: Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement - Jürgen Schadeberg

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2013

Gashora Girls School in Rwanda educates the country’s most talented girls in science and technology, preparing them for college, and empowering them to become future leaders. In 2013, they graduated their pioneer class.

Girls of Gashora

for Harbers Studios and Rwanda Girls Initiative

Ripple Effect Images is a team of journalists dedicated to documenting poor women and girls around the world, highlighting the programs that are helping to empower them, especially as they deal with the effects of climate change.

Ripple Effect Images

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Annie Griffiths was one of the first women photojournalists hired by National Geographic. In her 35-year career, she has seen patterns in the lives of women and girls. Ripple Effect Images was born out of these observations.

Ripple Effect Images: Annie Griffiths

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For 13 years and across 80 countries, Ami Vitale's work has focused on issues surrounding women, poverty and health. It was her desire to see change that led Ami to join Ripple Effect Images.

Ripple Effect Images: Ami Vitale

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Inspired by the photographs of the Farm Security Administration growing up, Lynn Johnson has spent nearly 35 years as a photojournalist working for LIFE, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated and various foundations.

Ripple Effect Images: Lynn Johnson

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Lourdes Pilco is a middle-aged woman who’s spent most of her life working backbreaking jobs for little money. With the help of CARE, Lourdes was able to send her children to school while setting a new standard for women in her community.

for Harbers Studios, CARE and Ripple Effect Images

Elizabeth grew up in Peru. All she wanted in life was to attend school. But like so many in her community, she was prohibited by her parents. Bit by Bit is the story of a woman unwilling to be marginalized.

for Harbers Studios, Heifer International and Ripple Effect Images

Sofía first fled her family farm because there was never enough food, then her physically abusive husband. Sofia lived house-to-house for almost a decade. With the assistance of Heifer International, she finally built a house of her own.

for Harbers Studios, Heifer International and Ripple Effect Images

Since 1985 ICP's Infinity Awards have brought attention to outstanding achievements in photography. The 2013 Infinity Awards films serve as a portrait of some of the important contributors to photography today.

2013 ICP Infinity Awards

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Jeff Bridges is an Academy Award-winning actor. He is also an accomplished photographer. He's been taking pictures on the set of his movies for more than 30 years, capturing intimate and surprising behind-the-scenes moments.

2013 ICP Infinity Awards: Special Presentation - Jeff Bridges

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Blurring the line between subjects and friends, Kitra Cahana captures a rare level of intimacy with her subjects. As a documentary photographer, her images explore anthropological, social and spiritual themes through a human perspective.

2013 ICP Infinity Awards: Young Photographer - Kitra Cahana

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As a photographer, Erik Madigan Heck does not differentiate between art and fashion in his work. Adhering to no rules, embracing his fears and seeing endless possibilities, Heck creates images people remember.

2013 ICP Infinity Awards: Applied/Fashion/Advertising Photography - Erik Madigan Heck

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Looking, and trusting in that act alone, Mishka Henner explores photography as an appropriation artist. Through new and alternative technology, Henner inspects art from the past while innovating in the present.

2013 ICP Infinity Awards: Art - Mishka Henner

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David Goldblatt spent his life documenting apartheid in South Africa. While many photographers chased mass demonstrations and violent rebellions, Goldblatt focused on the cultural values that led to more than 40 years of repression.

2013 ICP Infinity Awards: Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement - David Goldblatt

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Surreal and mysterious, North Korea was a black hole to outsiders wanting a glimpse of the country. That all changed in 2012, when AP photographer David Guttenfelder led the opening of the bureau's newest office inside the North Korea.

2013 ICP Infinity Awards: Photojournalism - David Guttenfelder

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The idea of an African space program may sound funny to some, but not to Cristina de Middel. Through a mix of fact and fiction, de Middel forces viewers to reinterpret a 1960s space program in Zambia in her photobook, The Afronauts.

2013 ICP Infinity Awards: Publication - Cristina de Middel

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Pat Schoenfeld, 2013 ICP Trustees Award recipient and last remaining member of ICP's original staff, shares stories from ICP's earliest days and reflects on her continued involvement--though in a different capacity--nearly 40 years later.

2013 Recipient for the ICP Trustee Award: Pat Schoenfeld

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2008

A Climate for Life looks at the results of climate change on our planet, tracing these effects from the poles to the tropics and examining how those diverse regions are interconnected.

A Climate for Life

for Harbers Studios, Conservation International and International League of Conservation Photographers