International Center of Photography Museum — Attraction in New York

The name of the place or whatever its trying to be should be something more like Social Change Exhibit or the Unorganized Collection of Human Photography and the word International in it suggest that their works are of that caliber when I can find tons of other photos from Instagram that are superior in photographic skill and meaning or the effect of what they are trying to portray. Walking around the exhibit and looking at nearly 1000 pieces of photography, most of which were not work that I would necessarily show per se as it was work that most people could do. At most, 2 stood out, one was a picture of a deformed Japanese man being bathed which should have had a proper caption in the lines of "born deformed as a result of atomic bomb radiation" and another was a victim of horrific death. The basement was had larger, more colorful protest pieces but again, nothing that most people can't do and the video room just showing a panel discussion was not too great when I was looking for art. Unfortunately the toy cameras and lens timers at the store were inevitably the best part of the entire exhibit and go for clearance items if you want to...

Went for my first visit at the new Location on Essex street and was pretty impressed. Upon entering is a nice little gift shop mostly books. Then up the elevator to the third floor. Right off the elevator a greeting of screens was a bit over stimulating for me personally as they were loud and big and unexpected. I ditched that floor pretty quickly. The exhibit on hip hop was extremely well presented and I strongly urge anyone who visits to take the time to view the video of photographers explaining their images. It was chasing pink that really made me wonder about the impact of racism’s continued impact on the psyche of black youth and the work that still needs to be done to combat it. And that is what I love about photography. Capturing not only the images and stories but tugging at our emotions so as to push us to be better. One star missing since the cafe is yet to be open. Hopefully next visit will...

i joined as a member recently thinking how good it would be to attend some of their events. so far i haven't been able to. why? because they do not send you a membership kit with an id card or membership number. you need the membership number to order member tickets on their website. i've emailed them several times and never received a reply. at this point membership is useless if they have no one to answer your questions or a way of ordering tickets on their website to attend events. it seems like they're more interested in getting your money and not providing any services. as far as classes at the center, if this is how they treat members, i wouldn't trust them by paying for classes in fear of similar treatment. i hope they can use the money i paid for membership for something to benefit their cause, since it will be the last they get from me. very annoying and very...