Exhibition Details
Drawing from works by more than 40 photographers in the ICP collection, with the addition of exhibition prints from contemporary photographers, American Job: 1940-2011 highlights the collection’s breadth and contemporary relevance by surveying the photographic response to labor organizing and strike activity, race and gender discrimination in labor, organized labor’s role in politics, labor and activism, and the intersection of labor and the social changes wrought by the economic restructurings of the twentieth century.
Additional Details
Including over 130 photographs, this exhibition introduces lesser-known images from the ICP collection, provides new contexts for celebrated bodies of work, illustrates the contributions of professional photojournalists and community-based documentarians to the historical record of the twentieth century, and demonstrates the breadth of ICP’s collection of works from across the country.
Featured photographers include Cornell Capa, Chien-Chi Chang, Arnold Eagle, Robert Frank, Otto Hagel, Bettye Lane, and many more.
Guest curated by Makeda Best, photography historian and Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Oakland Museum of California.
Featured photographers include Cornell Capa, Chien-Chi Chang, Arnold Eagle, Robert Frank, Otto Hagel, Bettye Lane, and many more.
Guest curated by Makeda Best, photography historian and Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Oakland Museum of California.
Location
International Center of Photography
79 Essex Street
New York, NY 10002
Image: Photo by Cornell Capa, 1960/ Courtesy of International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos