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We will be celebrating artist Mickalene Thomas at the eight annual #ICPSpolights on October 23! “We’re excited to recognize Mickalene Thomas, a true luminary of the contemporary art world, for her work challenging conventional notions of truth, femininity, and race,” says Mark Lubell, Executive Director of ICP. “Mickalene’s art is incorporated into one of our current ICP Museum exhibitions, 'Multiply, Identify, Her,' and the conversations her work evokes are central to those we are fostering through our education and public programs.” http://bit.ly/2K541yR 📷Mickalene Thomas, "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe: Les trois femmes noires," 2010.

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"In 2009, when I won the MacArthur, I wanted to focus on maternal health and maternal mortality. At that point, 550,000 women were dying in childbirth every year, around the world. Now, 800 women die every day around the world. That is extraordinary because 98 percent of those deaths are preventable. Once, in Afghanistan, on the way back from some very remote hospitals and clinics, we saw these two women on the side of the mountain. Anyone who’s familiar with Afghanistan knows that a woman is always accompanied by a man. We didn’t see a man, so we assumed something was wrong. It turned out the woman on the right was in labor, and her water had broken. Her husband’s first wife had died in childbirth. He was so determined not to lose her that he borrowed a car, and that car broke down. I brought the family to the hospital and she delivered safely." From #ICPSpotlights—read more from Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist and New York Times best-selling author Lynsey Addario's conversation with Katie Couric. (via Aperture) http://bit.ly/2rVoVMD  📷 Nazer Begam and her pregnant daughter Noor Nisa, 20, wait for transport to hospital, after their car broke down, November 14, 2009

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We're celebrating Lynsey Addario next week during #ICPSpotlights! For our latest installment of #ICPprojected, we'll be featuring the Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist's work. #ICPMuseum  http://bit.ly/2z4oRfR

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A Mary Ellen Mark print will be available during the #ICPSpotlightsAuction! She's a recipient of numerous awards, Mark had 18 collections of her work published, notably "Streetwise" and "Ward 81." She captured people who were away from mainstream society and toward its more interesting, often troubled fringes. View & bid: http://bit.ly/2yXEA02 📷 Amanda and her cousin Amy, Valdese, North Carolina USA 1990

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Lynsey Addario discusses working in war zones while pregnant. Last week, we recognized the Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer and New York Times best-selling author at #ICPSpotlights. Full interview: http://bit.ly/2mwHlAi via Mic  📷  Photographer Lynsey Addario near the frontline during a pause in the fighting on March 11, 2011, in Ras Lanuf, Libya. John Moore/Getty Images

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A Karen Marshall photograph is available in the #ICPSpotlights Silent Auction. Marshall focuses on the psychological lives ofher subjects, conveying ideas about people and place within the cultural landscape. She is the recipient of NYFA artist fellowships and was nominated for the Prix Pictet in 2011. View & bid: http://bit.ly/2yXEA02 📷After School in Front of LaGuardia High School, 1986

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#ICYMI Lynsey Addario recently shared images and stories on our Instagram. #ICPSpotlights takes place on November 7. See the photos here: http://bit.ly/2y4Ruq6

"I saw two women on the side of the mountain, in burkas—they were without a man. In Afghanistan, you almost never see an unaccompanied woman, especially in the countryside. I asked our driver to stop and had my interpreter ask what they were doing. It turned out Noor Nisa, who was about 18, was pregnant, and her water had just broken. Her husband’s first wife had died during childbirth, so he was determined to get Noor Nisa to the hospital, a four-hour journey from their village in the remote Badakhshan Province. He borrowed a car, but it broke down, so he went to find another vehicle. I ended up taking Noor Nisa, her mother, and her husband to the hospital in Faizabad, where she delivered a baby girl. I was on a mission to photograph maternal health and mortality issues, only to find the entire story waiting for me along a dusty Afghan road."

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This week, #ICPSpotlights honoree Lynsey Addario's work is being featured during #ICPprojected. She's a Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer and The New York Times best-selling author! http://bit.ly/2z4oRfR 📷 Syrian refugees are held by the Jordanians for questions regarding their identities at an unofficial crossing point at the border between Syria and Jordan at Sharjarh, Jordan, April 10, 2013.