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WE ARE HERE: SCENES FROM THE STREETS

November 1 – December 22

November 1-December 22, 2024

This fall, the International Center of Photography (ICP) presents a major exhibition entitled “We Are Here: Scenes from the Streets”. Spotlighting contemporary street photography from over 30 international iconic street photographers, the exhibition highlights the diverse perspectives and techniques that define modern street photographers and emphasizes the role of the streets as a canvas for illustrating change. The work of these intergenerational and geographically disparate artists encourages an expansive re-viewing of “street photography.” It opens up important discussions on how “the street” and public space are places of community, joy, self-expression, advocacy, changing landscapes, and social dynamics as seen through the street photographer’s lens.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Anthology hosts a wide-ranging film series, throughout November and December, that explores the intersections of street photography and cinema. The series includes documentaries by and about notable street photographers, but also showcases films that qualify, in their own right, as works of moving-image street photography (such as the work of Khalik Allah, Charlie Ahearn, Mira Nair, John Wilson, Heddy Honigmann, Jem Cohen, and others), or that expand the notion of what qualifies as street photography (John Smith’s THE GIRL CHEWING GUM, William H. Whyte’s THE SOCIAL LIFE OF SMALL URBAN SPACES, or Tom Jarmusch’s SOMETIMES CITY).

“We Are Here: Scenes from the Streets” is on view at the ICP (84 Ludlow Street) from September 26, 2024-January 6, 2025. The exhibition is curated by Guest Curator Isolde Brielmaier, with Noa Wynn, Independent Curatorial Assistant.
Special thanks to all the filmmakers; to Jacque Donaldson Bailey, Izzy Dow, Sara Ickow, Haley Kane, and Marley Trigg Stewart (ICP); and to Neal Block (Magnolia Pictures); Bob Hunter (Icarus Films); Marian Luntz (Museum of Fine Arts Houston); and Brian Meacham (Yale Film Archive).

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