Anthony Esposito, Accused “Cop Killer,” 1941, © Weegee/International Center of Photography

Exhibition on view:
January 20–September 2, 2012

International Center of Photography
1133 Ave of the Americas
New York, NY
(212) 857-0000

Weegee’s nocturnal scenes of urban life, crime, and death will be on display at the International Center for Photography in an exhibition titled, Murder Is My Business, arranged by ICP Chief Curator Brian Wallis.

An extensive collection of Weegee’s photographs from 1935–1946 of blood-spattered New York crime scenes with haunting imagery of sheet-covered bodies and felons in handcuffs will be on view. Complimenting the show is an environmental replica of Weegee’s actual apartment and recreations of past exhibitions.

Weegee freelanced for a variety of New York newspapers and photo agencies. Tuning in to police radio bands, he would arrive to crime scenes minutes after incidents occurred. Fashioning a darkroom out of his car trunk, the grittiness of Weegee’s aesthetic and obsession with photojournalism is evident when observing his work.

Weegee’s images have been published in numerous issues of Aperture magazine, most recently in issue 201.

In conjunction with this exhibition, ICP will be offering “Weegee’s Night Walks” around New York City. More information can be found here.

Additionally, WEEGEE: Naked City is being exhibited at the Steven Kasher Gallery through February 25.

Photo by Robert Capa

This week at NYU, the International Center of Photography and the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives will present a two-day symposium Committed Journalism, focusing on Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and Chim (David Seymour)’s photo reportage of the Spanish Civil War as well as photojournalism in a broader geographical and historical context.

The conference will kick off with panel discussion Photojournalism: Current Commitments with Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Todd Heisler, New York Times Deputy Picture editor Meaghan Looram, Wall Street Journal Photo Editor Julien Jourdes, Photojournalist Julie Platner, MediaStorm founder Brian Storm, Photojournalist Walter Astrada and panel moderator Fred Ritchin of NYU. The Second day of the conference will feature respective panel’s The Mexican Suitcase and The Contents of the Suitcase featuring Curator of ICP exhibit The Mexican Suitcase Cynthia Young, ICP Chief Curator Brian Wallis, NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute’s Susie Linfield, ICP Associate curator Kristen Lubben, curator and scholar Carole Naggar, Oberlin College proffessor Sebastiaan Faber and panel moderators Jo Labanyi and Juan Salas of NYU. The conference will close on the second day with panel Photojournalism for Humanitarian Works featuring Doctor’s Without Border’s Jason Cone, Photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson, Human Rights Watch’s Emma Daly, and photojournalist Moises Saman.

Click here for more information about the Committed Photojournalism Symposium

Comitted Photojournalism
Day one: 6:00pm – 8:30pm December 2nd
Day two: 2:00pm – 8:30pm December 3rd, 2010

NYU
The King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, NYU
53 Washington Square South, Suite 201
New York, New York

Catch the world premiere of Disfarmer, a work by Dan Hurlin at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. Inspired by the career of Mike Disfarmer, the only portrait photographer in a small Arkansas town, the performance combines Hurlin’s table-top puppetry with music by Dan Moses Schreier and text by Sally Oswald. Spanning from 1917-1946, Disfarmer’s career was relatively unknown until the 1970s when over 4,000 of his photographs were discovered. His work gained esteem for both its visual qualities and his methods with glass plate photography long after this technology was surpassed. Through a unique visceral experience, the piece pays homage to Disfarmer’s achievements in his portraitist career.

Click here to watch a behind-the-scenes video from St. Ann’s Warehouse.

Panel Discussion: The Discovery of Mike Disfarmer
Wednesday, January 28, 2009  9:30 p.m.
Moderator Philip Gefter with Julia Scully, Brian Wallis, & Peter Miller

Panel Discussion: Disfarmer in the World
Thursday, January 29, 2009  9:30 p.m.
Moderator David Serlin with David Deitcher, Steven Kasher, & Bruno Ceschel

Disfarmer
January 27-February 8, 2009
St. Ann’s Warehouse
38 Water Street, Brooklyn
(718) 254-8779