The International Center of Photography's Permanent Collection contains more than 100,000 photographs.
The collection spans the history of the photographic medium, from daguerreotypes to gelatin silver and digital chromogenic prints. It has holdings of American and European documentary photography of the 1930s to the 1990s.
The collection comprises work by W. Eugene Smith, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Farm Security Administration photographers, Alfred Eisenstadt, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, James VanDerZee, and Garry Winogrand. Also, contemporary photographers such as Carrie Mae Weems, Justine Kurland, Katy Grannan, Vik Muniz, Tomoko Sawada, and Susan Meiselas.
Also in the collection are a group of photographically illustrated magazines, particularly those published between World War I and II, such as Vu, Regards, Picture Post, Lilliput, Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung, and LIFE.
The museum also holds several temporary exhibitions.
Opening Hours
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Friday: 10am - 8pm
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1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street
NY 10036
Tel: 212 857 0000
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