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"What the camera had to do was expose the evils of racism, the evils of poverty, the discrimination and the bigotry, by showing the people who suffered most under it. That was the way it had to be done."

— Gordon Parks

Parks was born on this day in 1912.

📷 Ella Watson, 1942 (Library of Congress)

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"After nearly two weeks of documenting the harrowing journey of a caravan of mostly Central American migrants headed towards the U.S.-Mexican border, I snapped a picture I will never forget." Reuters photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon writes about the photograph he took on Sunday of a migrant mother and her young daughters running away from a discharged tear gas canister at the US-Mexico border. https://reut.rs/2QlD00z 📷 A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America to the United States, run away from tear gas in front of the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 25, 2018.

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The billion-dollar tea industry employs nearly 5% of Sri Lanka's population. For "Within Each Cup," photographer Schmoo Theune goes from the steep tea fields to the 100-year-old barracks homes of Indian Tamil people who have worked on the plantations since British colonization. #ICPprojected https://bit.ly/2QezYeu

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Ladies and gentlemen, "The Critic" by Weegee. 📷 Weegee, November 22, 1943 https://bit.ly/2AjiTWX

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Erinn Springer is photographing female scientists for her ongoing series, "Particle for Scale." For the first chapter, she traveled on NASA’s Atmospheric Tomography Mission (AToM) over the Arctic. Beautiful work! See the photos during #ICPprojected! https://bit.ly/2RMrE2S

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Reuters photojournalist Zohra Bensemra covers conflict, humanitarian issues and stories about women and politics in the Middle East. She recently documented the fighting against Islamic State in Mosul and Raqqa and the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. Bensemra will be joining us in London during #WomeninFocus. https://reut.rs/2z1Ywhd 📷 Displaced women wait to be transported while Iraqi forces battle against Isis in western Mosul, on 27 February.

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🇺🇸 Happy #VeteransDay! We salute the brave soldiers who have served. 🇺🇸 https://bit.ly/2AZAPHB 📷 Robert Capa, [American troops landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy, France], June 1944 #ICPCollections

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In early 2018, photographer Hannah McKay was awarded a Pulitzer Prize—she was among a team of Reuters photographers honored for their coverage of the plight of Rohingya refugees. On Tuesday during #WomeninFocus—our event in London with Reuters—we're bringing together some of the world’s most prolific female photographers. https://reut.rs/2z1Ywhd 📷 Rohingya refugees are helped out of the Naf River as they cross the Myanmar-Bangladesh border.

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A portrait of Robert Frank by Eugene Richards. Frank is 94 years young today—he was born in Zurich, Switzerland on this day in 1924. https://bit.ly/2CtiS6Y 📷 Robert Frank, New York, 2013

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VOTE ✅ 📷 Bruce Davidson, Alabama, 1965 (Magnum Photos) https://bit.ly/2rxVOOg

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For Freedoms is part of a rich history of artists employing means of mass communication to provoke political discourse. The latest installment of #ICPprojected features images by ICP students, faculty, and alumni. #VoteTuesday https://bit.ly/2RmCFYo 📷 Marie Louise Taarnskov, Victoire Eall Lumiere Mandonnaud, Alejandro Lopez Ceballos, Maxwell Posner, Destiny Benson, Mollie Zoldan

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In 2015, Rosie Matheson began documenting how young men express themselves, capturing their emotions and looking at how they navigate society. "Boys” ➡️ #ICPprojected https://bit.ly/2PRmyBU

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You're looking at JFK's hands. How did Cornell Capa get the shot? "I was on the truck, on my knees, using a very wide-angle lens. I was trying to get lower and lower so that I could be on the level of the people's faces. Before I knew it, I was sitting on Kennedy's shoes." http://bit.ly/2xo9dGW 📷 John F. Kennedy reaching into a crowd of supporters, North Hollywood, California, 1960 #FlashbackFriday

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Mickalene Thomas’s work radiates strength and beauty. We'll be honoring her during the eighth annual #ICPSpotlights on October 23! The event will feature an on-stage conversation between Thomas and Prof. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, as well as a silent auction of work by ICP friends and alumni. Info + Tix: http://bit.ly/2wRx5pl

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Photographer Anu Kumar returns to her hometown in India every two years. The photos were taken during Kumar’s daily afternoon wanderings around the village with her aunts. #ICPprojected https://bit.ly/2QjgySm

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One more day until "Eugene Richards: The Run-On of Time" opens at the #ICPMuseum! This image recalls classic street photography in the lyricism of the child’s spontaneous gesture, juxtaposed with abraded advertising for Wonder Bread. The slogan’s promise of building “Strong Bodies 12 Ways” suggests both the irony and the enduring humanity of the gritty atmosphere of the neighborhood where Richards grew up. The asymmetrical composition, its space slightly distorted with the use of a wide- angle lens, conveys the instantaneity of the moment. On view September 27, 2018–January 6, 2019. Tickets: https://bit.ly/2rYvSsb 📷 Wonder Bread, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1975

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Spotlight on The Photojournalist The man behind Andreas Feininger's iconic image is Dennis Stock. https://bit.ly/2tyn00o 📷 Andreas Feininger, 1951 #ICPCollections