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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845–2019

Peter Bull, photographed by Weegee on the set of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1963.

Jan 24 – May 6, 2024
79 Essex St, New York, NY 10002, United States

A veteran combat photographer whose work spanned five wars, the Hungarian-American artist Robert Capa—whose feats included being the only civilian photographer to land on Omaha Beach on D-Day—died in 1954 after stepping on a landmine in Vietnam. To honor his work and the works of other deceased photojournalists of the time, his brother Cornell Capa founded the International Center of Photography, in 1974. Fifty years later, the ICP is one of New York’s revered museums and a rich repository of both archival and modern photography. An exhibition honoring the semicentennial showcases the breadth of the museum’s collection, including works by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gerda Taro, Carrie Mae Weems, and Weegee. —Paulina Prosnitz

Photo: © Getty Images/International Center of Photography