From Imogen Cunningham to Carrie Mae Weems, discover exceptional highlights by some of the most influential modern and contemporary photographers.

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Glamour to Grit: Spotlight on Fashion Photography

This year marks the centenary of Robert Frank’s birth in November 1924 and celebrates an influential career marked by incisive documentation. Sotheby’s is pleased to offer a selection of exemplary works.

100 Years of Robert Frank

The International Center of Photography was founded in 1974 by Cornell Capa to champion what he called ‘Concerned Photography,’ or images that can educate or even change the world. Capa (brother of photojournalist Robert Capa) was a photographer himself who had a long and distinguished career. In 1966, he created the International Fund for Concerned Photography, and by the 1970s was looking for a permanent home for the organization. This year, the International Center of Photography (ICP) celebrates its 50th anniversary. Since its founding, ICP has presented more than 700 exhibitions, taught thousands of classes and hosted a wide variety of public programs. Through lectures, publications, educational curriculum, exhibitions, and annual Infinity Awards, this integral organization continues to reach the public to enhance an understanding and appreciation of humanistic photography. The Concerned Photographer, a volume featuring the work of 6 photographers championed by Cornell Capa, was published in 1968 by International Center of Photography. A second volume, The Concerned Photographer 2, was published shortly thereafter in 1972 and included works by 8 photographers. These books are representative of the spirit and mission of the organization.

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the International Center of Photography (ICP)

The Concerned Photographer

Explore images amassed through a lifelong passion for photographs

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This October in New York, Sotheby’s presents a genre-defying auction of celebrated photographs from the 19th century to the present. The sale offers exemplary works by Robert Adams, Lee Friedlander, Peter Hujar, Diane Arbus, Louise Lawler, Irving Penn, Carrie Mae Weems, Robert Mapplethorpe, Edward Weston, and many more. The auction will also feature photographs from several important private collections, including a continuation of the sale series Property from The Collection of Chara Schreyer, which offers insight into decades of passionate collecting and patronage.