There are a lot of cultural places in NY, including historical sites, modern constructions, museums, and so on.
ICP (International Center of Photography) is not such a famous or huge museum in
NYC, but it is a important place to a student whose major is related to design or art, also
to a cameraman or a shutterbug. I visited there once with a friend who is interested in
photography.
ICP is located in Time Square, and the show room is separated into two parts--first floor and lower floor. These days ,the topic of ICP is about the damage to environment. The first floor mainly shows some photography on this subject which are made by natural disaster ,and obviously the lower floor shows the photography of environment's damage made by human beings.
Photos on first floor show some disasters happened recent years, such as the tsunami of indian ocean, earthquakes and extinctions of some kinds of plants and animals. I watched a video about lacking of clean water in some poor countries. It showed the people's life both before and behind a natural disaster, it was definitely a huge difference, and touched me deeply.
Although more and more people put a focus on the impact of wars to environment, some destruction is inevitable. Photos on lower floor showed a part of ruin in Iraq ,and also reflect the live of Iraq people who are still suffering from war. Cameramen contrasted the photos took before war and the photos took after war. What left a deep impression on me is a series of photos took from a same angle, and on each photo there was a house of a Iraqi. Before the war ,he had a happy life ,living with his family, and after the war, the house ruined downright and his wife died ,he looked so disappointed, and made me fully realized how cruelty wars are. There were also some series of photos showed how a piece of land changed before and after a war. It was a valid way to describe the subject.
The purpose of this photo show is to appeal to the public to concern with the trouble we have now on environment. As long as there are more and more people realize the importance of environment protection ,we can have more entrances to a better life.
1 comment:
Hello there Anny! You wrote a great posting and a wonderful description of the photos. I almost felt as though I was there, seeing the photographs with you, as I read your post. Words and photographs can be such powerful tools of communication can't they?
I am really interested in photography too and I went to see ICP when I first came to New York. One of the exhibits I saw was about prisoners of war, and I remember being moved to anger and tears by the powerful images. I would really enjoy seeing the exhibit that you saw too. How long will it be showing?
My husband and I just watched Al Gore's movie last night, "An Inconvenient Truth." Have you seen it yet? It is a really good film about global warming and the environment, and very inspirational. I was thinking of asking you all if you might be interested in seeing it one of these days. It might make for some very interesting writing!
Thanks for starting a new blog! It's great!
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