Photo by Maximilian Ihlenburg

Photobooks USA 2000–25 at the International Center of Photography (ICP) is an exhibition that considers the many ways that photographers have used the photobook over the last 25 years to speak directly to the social, cultural, political, economic and environmental changes taking place throughout the United States.

Bringing together over 50 photobooks from out-of-print titles to more recent landmark publications, the exhibition positions this selection as a cross section of the wide variety of authors, themes, forms and subjects that have been addressed by publishers and photographers during the 21st century.The myriad approaches from book to book also remind us how vitally democratic the form itself can be.

ICP has long championed the photobook and its history by maintaining one of the most comprehensive libraries in the world, while also supporting contemporary production through events and programming, culminating in the creation of its annual Photobook Fest, first held in 2022.

The exhibition includes:An-My Lê, Small Wars, 2005 (Aperture); Collier Schorr, Jens F., 2005 (steidlMACK); Justine Kurland, SCUMB Manifesto, 2022 (MACK); Carla Williams, Tender, 2023 (TBW); Carmen Winant, The Last Safe Abortion, 2024 (SPBH Editions).

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