Online symposium
October 23–24, 2026
New York New York 10002
United States
Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday–Saturday 11am–7pm
Thursday 11am–9pm
The International Center of Photography’s school presents a new two-day online symposium organized and presented by the students in the 2026 Online One Year Certificate Programs in Writing and the Photographic Image and Curatorial Practices in Photography.
This program takes place online. Register to receive the link to tune into the livestream directly. ICP will also be streaming the online program in the ICP Library for students, faculty, and museum visitors to watch live.
Friday, October 23, 1–5pm ET
Side A—Seeing Between the Lines: Image Text as Process
Organized by the One-Year Certificate Program Students in Writing and the Photographic Image, Seeing Between the Lines: Image Text as Process delves into the various stages of conception, development, and production through which hybrid works of photography and writing take shape. Comprising both solo presentations and conversations between artists, writers, photographers, and publishers, the program will offer a range of reflections on how the compositional process unfolds, looking at the particular challenges and complexities associated with working across these two disciplines.
Saturday, October 24, 11am–6pm ET
Side B—Who Gives Meaning to Photographs?
Organized by the One-Year Certificate Program Students in Curatorial Practices in Photography, Who Gives Meaning to Photographs brings together five conversations exploring how meaning in photography is shaped, negotiated, and transformed. The second symposium’s day considers who gets to be seen and represented, how memories are constructed and carried forward, how photographers shape and are shaped by place, who controls and reinterprets photographic archives, and what forms of care and support are possible beyond visibility. The program offers to look beyond the photograph itself: to the people, institutions, places, and power structures that influence how images are produced and understood.
About ICP’s Online Certificate Programs
The International Center of Photography (ICP) offers Online One-Year Certificate Programs in Curatorial Practices in Photography and Writing and the Photographic Image.
Designed for emerging curators, writers, and image makers, the programs offer live, interactive online classes, individual mentorship, professional critique, and connection with an international community of peers and leading practitioners.
The 2027 program year begins in January. The application deadline for priority admission and scholarship consideration is October 18. Learn more about the program here.
