The Board of Trustees of the International Fund for Concerned Photography Is Drawn from Many Intellectual Disciplines. All Trust
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the International fund for Concerned Photography inc. 275 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016 The Board of Trustees of The International Fund for Concerned Photography is drawn from many intellectual disciplines. All trustees are involved in the visual perception of the world, working closely with us to identify talent and ideas, indicate the direc tion and quality of our various projects, and provide active support. Included among the Board and the Advisory Council are photographers, film-makers, educators, museum curators, art historians, psychologists, architects, writers, journalists, and business executives who share both a concern for man and his world and a commitment to the goals of the Fund. Board of Trustees - The International Fund for Concerned Photography Rosellina Bischof Burri Zurich: Founding Trustee Frank R. Donnelly New York: Child psychologist; social worker; author; Associate Director, Playschool Association; Founder, Studio Museum, Harlem Matthew Huxley Washington, D.C.: Chief, Standards Development Branch, National Institute of Mental Health; author Karl Katz New York: Chairman of Exhibitions and Loans, Metro politan Museum of Art Gy orgy Kepes Cambridge, Mass.: Professor of Visual Design, M.I.T.; painter; author Ellen Liman New York: Painter; author; collector William H. MacLeish Woods Hole, Mass.: Editor of Oceanus, the official publication of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Henry M. Margolis New York: Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ICP, industrialist; Director, American Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science Mitchell Pallas Chicago: Chairman of the Board, Center for Photographic Arts Dr. Fritz Redi Massachusetts: Professor of Behavioral Sciences; author Nina Rosenwald New York: Photographer; board member, Young Concert Artists Society; member. Citizens Committee for Children Eileen S. Shneiderman New York: Founding Trustee Howard Squadron New York: Founding Trustee and Secretary of ICP; attorney; Vice President, American Jewish Congress David L. Strout Kansas City, Mo.: Vice President, Design and Cultural Affairs, Crown Center; formerly Dean, Rhode Island School of Design Don Underwood New York: Communications specialist; former Associate Editor of Life; for Professor of Journalism, University of Utah Sandra Weiner New York: Instructor of Photography, New York University; photographer; author Cornell Capa New York: Founding Trustee & Executive Director of ICP; photographer; editor; author In formation is a separate Board of Trustees for the International Center of Photography (ICP), which will include some members of the Fund Board and new supporters who have an active interest in the establishment of aCenter devoted exclusively to photography. Members as of July 15, 1974 are: Cornell Capa New York: Founding Trustee & Executive Director of International fund For Concerned Photography; Photographer; Editor; Author David Finn New York: Chairman of the Board, Ruder & Finn; Author; Photographer; Collector Thomas Hess New York: Art Critic Rita Hillman New York: Philanthropist Beverly Karp New York: Collector Karl Katz New York: Chairman of Exhibitions and Loans, Metro politan Museum of Art Henry Margolis New York: Chairman of the Board, International fund for Concerned Photography; Industrialist Jerry Mason New York: President and Editor in Chief, Ridge Press Bess Myers on New York: Frederick S. Pa pert New York: Chairman of the Board, Papert, Koenig, & Lois Company Nina Rosenwald New York: Photographer Louis Salton New York: Industrialist; Collector Howard Squadron New York: Founding Trustee & Secretary of International fund for Concerned Photography; Attorney and Partner, Squadron, Gartenberg, Ellenoff & Plesent Susan Tepper New York: Painter Edward M. M. Warburg New York: Photographers Advisory Council (in formation) Henri Cartier-Bresson Paris Carl Chiarenza Boston Bruce Davidson New York Benedict Fernandez New York KarlW. Gullers Sweden Ernst Haas New York Hiroshi Hamaya Japan Ken Heyman New York Gordon Parks New York Eliot Porter New Mexico George Rodger England Arthur Rothstein New York W. Eugene Smith New York Howard Sochurek New York Roman Vishniac New York INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY - 1130 Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C. The International Center of Photography will open approximately October 15, 1974, with three exhibitions. CLASSICS OF DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY: Werner Bischof, Robert Capa, David Seymour - "Chim," Lewis W. Hine, and Dan Weiner The work of these five photographers sets the tone and tradition of the concern for mankind. This humanistic tradition in photography was established by the pioneer documentary photographer, Lewis W. Hine (1874-1940). Hine's suc cinct summation of the purpose of the documentary photograph has been the underlying inspiration and ideal of all those who have devoted themselves to the use of the camera as a tool of social awareness and exploration of beauty: "There were two things I wanted to do. I wanted to show the things that need to be corrected. I wanted to show the things that need to be appreciated." This exhibit also marks the publication of the first six titles in the ICP Library of Photographers (Grossman/Viking 1974), definitive monographs on Werner Bischof, Robert Capa, David Seymour - "Chim," Lewis W. Hine, Roman Vishniac, and Dan Weiner. Approximately 100 black-and-white prints, from 11" X 14" to 20" X 30" in size, to be printed in New York under the supervision of Cornell Capa. APROPOS USSR (1954 and 1973): Henri Cartier-Bresson In an homage to Cartier-Bresson, Lincoln Kirstein said that "over the last 30 years the photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson has resulted in a body of work unique in the history of this craft, not alone in kind, but in quality . .His mind and eye are always on the point of focused historical discovery, the "X" that marks the spot where time and space cross in a potential explosion, which can illuminate some facet of our behavior in our time and our places . But his particular distinction is that he knows history is a continuum, that the points in time at which he feels his fingers can press, have been preceded by all the factors that make some crucial moment, of many moments, decisive." From Cartier-Bresson's two trips to Russia - one in 1954 when,by virtue of the fact that he was permitted to use his camera with the kind of freedom not allow ed to any foreigner since the Russian Revolution of 1917, he presented us with the first peek behind the Iron Curtain; and his second journey to Russia in 1973 - emerges a photographic document of the land and the people that is unparalleled in the depth and sensitivity of reportage, and that carries the unmistakable mark of Bresson's decisive moments in visual history. The exhibit is created by ICP, and its showing at the Center will be its world premiere. Approximately 100 black-and-white prints, in sizes ranging from 16" X 20" to 40" X 60", to be printed in Paris under Cartier-Bresson's personal supervision. International Center of Photography- Opening Exhibits continued Pg. 2 THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER A stunning group exhibition of 21 masters of color photography. The show, consisting of 57 large color prints, is a testament to human vision and the power and scope of the photographic image. The photographers are: Brian Brake, Jerry Cooke, John Dominis, David Douglas Duncan, Douglas Faulkner, Joe Franklin, Burt Glinn, Ernst Haas, Bhupendra Karia, Jay Maisel, Gordon Parks, Eliot Porter, Harry Redl, Co Rentmeester, Marc Riboud, Emil Schulthess George Silk, Howard Sochurek, Takeyoshi Tanuma, Pete Turner, and John Zimmerman. The exhibit is sponsored by E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., and supported by Berkey K & L Color Labs. It was conceived to help the Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation, and its only showing was at the Squibb Gallery in Princeton, New Jersey. mg/724.