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Weekly Pics – Religion & Spirituality

louise-pedno_religion_161011_7277 — Street prayer on Yom Kippur at the worldwide headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, at 770 Eastern Parkway (also knows as “770”) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on 11 October 2016. Religion and spirituality assignment. Photo by Louise Pedno

louise-pedno_religion_161011_7619 — Yom Kippur at the worldwide headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, at 770 Eastern Parkway (also knows as “770”) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on 11 October 2016. View from the women’s balcony. Religion and spirituality assignment. Photo by Louise Pedno.

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY — Bengali women can be seen spiritually engaged in Bhakti Kirtan (prayers) during the Durga Pooja festival, at the Bangladesh Hindu Mandir on 11th October 2016, Queens New York. Photo by Mandar Parab

New York 2016-ICP-The_Feast_of_Saint_Francis_and_Blessing_of_the_Animals — The Feast of Saint Francis and Blessing of the Animals. Photo by Paolo Quadrini

cao_161017_4506 — Sherpa community practice dharma in United Sherpa Association (Sherpa Kyidug) in Flushing, NY on Oct 17, 2016. Founded in New York in 1996, the association attempts to preserve and promote Sherpa heritage. Photo by Mengwen Cao

cao_161017_4515 — A lama leads a dharma practice in United Sherpa Association(Sherpa Kyidug) in Flushing, NY on Oct 17, 2016. Founded in New York in 1996, the association attempts to preserve and promote Sherpa heritage. Photo by Mengwen Cao

ximenaetchart_religion-3 — October 15th, 2016 – Assafa Islamic Center in the Lower East Side, NY. As the number of immigrants from Muslim lands to New York City increases, the number of mosques rises in rough proportion. At the Islamic Center children memorize the Qur’an on weekends. Is one of the traditions to preserve the Qur’an. Photo by Ximena Etchart

New York's Hare Krishnas — A Hare Krishna group chants in Union Square Park. “Kirtanam”, or group chanting, is one of the nine processes of devotional service. Followers repeatedly chant about their male god Sri Visnu; his form, characteristics and pastimes. Photo by Vanessa Ritchie

lauratrainor_religion_201610206 — Assistant Pastor Juan Carlos Ruiz presides over an evening ceremony at St. Peter’s Church at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, October 12th at 6:30 pm. Photo by Laura Trainor

lauratrainor_religion_201610201 — Pastor William Eschen presides over an intimate daytime mass in the chapel of St. Peter’s Church at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, October 12th at 12:30 pm. Photo by Laura Trainor

lau_161009_2276 — Devotees dressed in traditional attire perform Garba, a folk dance, during Navaratri celebrations at the Geeta Temple in Corona, Queens on Oct 9, 2016. Navratri is a nine day Hindu festival during which devotees worship shakti or feminie energy as embodied by nine Hindu goddesses. Photo by Candice Lau.

lau_161009_1970 — Devotees collect the remaining ash after the religious ceremony for good luck and protection during the Navratri celebrations at Geeta Temple in Corona, Queens on Oct 9, 2016. Navratri is a nine day Hindu festival during which devotees worship shakti or feminie energy as embodied by nine Hindu goddesses. Photo by Candice Lau.

darling_religion_date-yymmdd_8021 — October 09, 2016 – Paterson, New Jersey: Brother Windsor Elony sings and plays the tambourine while another member of the congregation leads everyone in song. The First Baptist Church built in 1825, primarily served white European immigrants until the 1990’s. Despite dwindling numbers since then, the church has been able to rely on new immigrant groups to sustain it. Today, one of the congregations it serves is the Haitian-Goshen-Baptist Church of Paterson, which worships in a small chapel within the old church. Photograph by Todd R Darling

darling_religion_date-yymmdd_7862 — October 09, 2016 – Paterson, New Jersey: Brother Windsor Elony leads the Haitian congregation in prayer. The First Baptist Church built in 1825, primarily served white European immigrants until the 1990’s. Despite dwindling numbers since then, the church has been able to rely on new immigrant groups to sustain it. Today, one of the congregations it serves is the Haitian-Goshen-Baptist Church of Paterson, which worships in a small chapel within the old church. Photograph by Todd R Darling

chou_religion_161019_02 — A man leaves the Temple Emanu-EL after Shabbat service on Oct 14, 2016. Photo by Ta-Lei Chou.

Church of St. Joseph of the Holy Family. Photo by Ta-Lei Chou

Weekly Pics – Neighbors

This week, we made friends with our neighbors.

cao_161008_3661 — Garrett Miller chats with his roommate Spencer Hanvik at 2am in McCarren Park on October 8, 2016. They met in Arizona and formed the band called Confetti Armor. Photo by Mengwen Cao

cao_161009_3831 — Spencer Hanvik and Moth Dust says goodbye after a house warming party in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY on October 9, 2016. Photo by Mengwen Cao

farzaneh_neighbour_161003-4538 — Juggler and school teacher Josh Weiner practices juggling in Columbus Park on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 in New York. Photo by Jhila Farzaneh

darling_neighbor_161007_6445_ — October 07, 2016 – Pompton Lakes, New Jersey: Beth Goobic (40) prepares her son Crosby (3) for day care. Beth is a full time mom, wife, and ceramic artist who struggles balancing her creative life with her family life. Photograph by Todd R Darling

darling_neighbor_161007_7239_ — October 07, 2016 – Pompton Lakes, New Jersey: Beth Goobic (40) and Dan Goobic (48) with their two sons Crosby (3, right) and Gustavo (8, left) collect the pottery she made that day. Beth is a full time mom, wife, and ceramic artist who struggles balancing her creative life with her family life. Photograph by Todd R Darling

George standing in his living room on 111st between Amsterdam and Broadway. He lives with his sister and two nephews. All 3 of his family members are unemployed. George collects 600 $ a month from social security. Photo by Geraldine Hope Ghelli

ghelli_george_161010-3 — George lives with his sister and two nephews. All 3 of his family members are unemployed. George collects 600 $ a month from social security. Photo by Geraldine Hope Ghelli

A Day with Christopher — On Thursday morning, Chris reaches for his riffle, stored in the corner of his bedroom under a photo he took while serving in Afghanistan. Photo by Monica Jorge

kantorowicztorres_161009_0006 — October 9, 2016 – Paul Taylor Dance Studios, Manhattan, NYC, United States of America – Taylor 2 Dance Company perform “Runes” choreographed by Paul Taylor. Photo by Nastassia Kantorowicz Torres

louise-pedno_neighbor_160929_0439 — September 29, 2016 – New York, USA: A day in the life of a neighbor. Evening reading of the Wall Street Journal. Photo by Louise Pedno

An Ukulele Affair — Mr. Ken Bari Murray, a famous Ukulele musician, can be seen in his comfort zone, at his Uke hut on October 3rd, 2016 at Astoria NY. He used to conduct Ukulele musical workshop, a week event for many years at New York Ukulele festival. Two years back he thought of starting his own shop and learning institution at Uke Hut in Astoria. After traumatic shock of loss of his wife 15 years ago, he started to play Ukulele, which he had acquired on one of his many trips together to Hawaii. Most of the Ukulele are handmade and been exported from countries like China, Indonesia and Thailand. He says music is a language of its own and he continues to speak that language as much as he can. Photo by Mandar Parab ANDAR PARAB

A Day in the Life of a Daymenon Dolla$ — A day in the life of Daymenon Dolla$, a Cornelia Street local of Bushwick. Up until October, Daymenon had spent 3 years unemployed, back and forth between Trinidad and New York, using his brother-in-law as his sole support mechanism. HIs weekends consist of drinking beer on his front porch from 11am, walking to the corner store to re-stock and occasionally bumping into friends. Photo by Vanessa Ritchie

A Day in the Life of a Neighbour — A day in the life of Daymenon Dolla$, a Cornelia Street local of Bushwick. Up until October, Daymenon had spent 3 years unemployed, back and forth between Trinidad and New York, using his brother-in-law as his sole support mechanism. HIs weekends consist of drinking beer on his front porch from 11am, walking to the corner store to re-stock and occasionally bumping into friends. Photo by Vanessa Ritchie

white_stranger_161007_01 — Herb Glaser, a third generation baker at Glaser’s Bake Shop on the Upper East Side, answers the phone at the 114-year-old establishment, October 7, 2016. Photo by Meghan White.

white_stranger_161007_03 — Herb Glaser of Glaser’s Bake Shop on the Upper East Side pauses in his apartment after walking his dog Pepper. Glaser has lived in the apartment above his bakery since he was born. October 7, 2016. Photo by Meghan White

ICPPJ Picture of the Year 2015

With sadness, trepidation and excitement this is the last ICP PJ blog for the 2015 year. On Friday night we shared a beautiful opening at ICP with hundreds of guests visiting our final Show. Sunday was graduation, and the last two days have been frantic last minute printing and prep for tomorrow’s portfolio reviews.

For this last post, I asked PJ students to submit not the best picture they made this year, but the one that they connected with the most. For some it may be the image that helped them kickstart their project, or an image of a subject with whom they formed a special bond. For others, perhaps, it is a frame that takes them back to a moment when things “clicked” (no pun intended…okay, pun intended), and when it all started coming together.

It has been a most wonderful, challenging and exhilarating year. Thank you to all those around the world who have supported us this year, it has meant the world to us and we could not have done it without you. But most especially thank you to each student who lived this year in New York as a photographer. We did it together, and we shall keep doing it together. After all, there’s no turning back now.

– G

01_Meadowmere_22 — Meadowmere.
Picture: Natasha Srour

New York 150417 Almost a year after the death of Eric Garner, a small group of protestors led by his family members meet occasionally to demonstrate against police brutality and in demand for justice. Picture: Gareth Smit — This was my “jump picture”. It was the picture that opened the doors and helped me conceptualise an approach to photographing my project about Tompkinsville, the community in which Eric Garner was killed by police almost a year ago. It was the picture that helped me learn that photographs are about more than what is actually happening. They rise above mere facts, and communicate – for very good reasons – in a way that is difficult to put into words.
Picture: Gareth Smit

A woman waits for the the ferry in the Paulus Hook Station, in Jersey City, on Oct. 3, 2014.
Picture: Beatriz Arango

04_Elise_150301_0110 — Picture: Elise Jacob

A Survivor of Many Things
Picture: Sophia Guida

06_Mikael_Street1 — Street Portrait.
Picture: Mikael Krantz

07_Hermosa_Elena — Picture: Elena Hermosa

I took this image the first day I met Ashley, and somehow I still feel it represents the core feeling of the project. She is allowing herself to be seen, but remains so very guarded, with clenched fists. Just a few weeks before this photo was taken she had come out as openly transgender to her friends and family. Two self portraits of her as a boy is on the wall behind her.
Picture: Moth Dust

09_Ronnie-The_Beauty_Of_Will_Barbara_Gracner — Ronnie – The Beauty of Will
Picture: Barbara Gracner

Jack Danielak, born in Lublin, Poland, in Schaller and Weber Meat Market, March, 2015, New York City.
Picture: Miguel Winograd

©2015 Esteban Kuriel — Poppa and Daddy.
Picture: Esteban Kuriel

Helen, who turned 100 on June 1, is one of the people I connected with most this year, as I worked on my project "Alive and Amazing" about elderly women born before 1930 who live alone in NYC — Helen, who turned 100 on June 1, is one of the people I connected with most this year, as I worked on my project “Alive and Amazing” about elderly women born before 1930 who live alone in NYC.
Picture: Yolande Daeninck

After working, KoKo and Ken enjoy their moment in KoKo's balcony, Manhattan, New York. May 13, 2015. — After working, KoKo and Ken enjoy their moment in KoKo’s balcony, Manhattan, New York. May 13, 2015.
Picture: Shih-Chieh Wei

IMG_9734 (1) — The family at the ICP full-time show opening that Mansi Bhajanka documented for her project “Dale and Juliette”.
Picture: Mansi Bhajanka

Hex_1` 010 — ICP PJ student, Sara Frisby with Mikey Mike, a fishermen she photographed during her project “Montauk: End of the World”.
Picture: Akshay Bhoan

treeoflife 009 — Transience.
Picture: Alexandra Madden

BC_DKS_51515 018 — Picture: David Steinberg

Processed with VSCOcam with f2 preset — The ICP PJ 2015 Class at graduation on June 21st.
Picture: Jacobia Dahm

Pictures of the Week, June 10th, 2015

The end of this adventure is finally approaching. The work for the show is being hung on the walls (opening Fri June 19! More info: http://bit.ly/1d1VVps) and everyone is frantically spending very late nights in the labs editing and printing portfolios, and preparing for career day portfolio reviews.

Evening Light/Elena Hermosa

Mikael Krantz

Alive and Amazing – Ursula/Yolande Daeninck

Alive and Amazing – Sylvia/Yolande Daeninck

Alive and Amazing – Naomi/Yolande Daeninck

Esteban Kuriel

Barbara Gracner

Antonio’s Pizzeria, Jim Thorpe/Moth Dust

A Converted Gulf Station, Now Ice Cream Booth/Moth Dust

Rest Stop near Jim Thorpe/Moth Dust

Alexandra Madden

Garifuna/Griselda San Martin

A Whiff of Childhood/Mansi Bhajanka

Montauk end of the World/Sara Frisby

Mauch Chunk Lake, 12AM/Moth Dust

Mansi Bhajanka

Pictures of the Week, May 5th, 2015

The show submissions are in, and PJ students have had a few sleepless nights thinking about matte boards, calculating proportions for frames, and arguing with photoshop templates. Here’s a look at what PJ students have been up to this week:

A protestor is arrested at the May Day march near Union Square. Many were marching in solidarity with demonstrations in Baltimore calling for police officers to be held accountable for the death of Freddie Gray in custody/Gareth Smit

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan won the 11th congressional district during a special election on May 5th, 2015. As Richmond county DA, Donovan was the prosecutor in the case that saw a grand-jury decide not to indict NYPD officer Dan Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner/Gareth Smit

Double exposures form sillouettes of Times Square/Elena Hermosa

Growing Up/Mansi Bhajanka

Mobile office, musician, Bryant Park/Shih-Chei Wei

Malan Breton’s film ” A Journey To Taiwan” shows in New York City international film festival 2015. The woman’s dress designed by Malan/Shih-Chei Wei

Montauk End of the World/Sara Frisby

Time running out-Helen/Yolande Daeninck

Time running out-Ursula/Yolande Daeninck

Spring time in Central Park/Yolande Daeninck

Pictures of the Week, April 27th, 2015

Spring has finally arrived in NYC and the PJ students at ICP have been hard at work on their long term projects. With one week left to finalise submissions for the final show – it’s crunch time!

Time running out-Gloria/Yolande Daeninck

Time running out-Gloria’s Living Room/Yolande Daeninck

Crossdresser – Dual Lives/Mansi Bhajanka

Construction workers on site at 30th Street between 6th and 7th Ave, April 15, 2015/Esteban Kuriel

Portrait at Garifuna Survival Day Celebration: 218 Years/Elena Hermosa

Tree of Life/Alexandra Madden

Alexandra Madden

Staten Island Ferry Arrival/Gareth Smit

Rosa Martinez/Cherly Thomas/Griselda San Martin

Montauk End of The World/Sara Frisby

Go Go Go/Shih-Chieh Wei

You Miss the View Behind You – Subway/Shih-Chieh Wei

Pictures of the Week, April 19th, 2015

First week of the final trimester at ICP. Let’s have a look at what ICP PJ students have been up to:

Kauai/Barbara Gracner

Carroll Street/Gareth Smit

Technicolour Afternoon/Grand Central Station/Mikael Krantz

Montauk/Mansi Bhajanka

Gary Douglas, U.S. Navy veteran/Kamaleon Negro (Black Chameleon), Mexican wrestler/Mr. Kasper, musician/Griselda San Martin

Esteban Kuriel

Kauai/Barbara Gracner

Light and Shadow/Yolande Daeninck

Times Square/Esteban Kuriel

Shih-Chieh Wei

Montauk End of the World/Sara Frisby

Pictures of the Week, April 4th, 2015

It’s the last week of the winter term, and PJs have been churning out some great work on their projects, and other assignments. Let’s have a look!

Fabiana Sala

Montauk End of the World/Sara Frisby

Times Square/Khadim Baluch

Burlesque (Dual Lives)/Mansi Bhajanka

Times Square/Yolande Daeninck

Near Death/Alexandra Madden

Times Square/Shih-Chieh Wei

Loubna Mrie

Pictures of the Week March 13th, 2015

Check out what PJ students at the International Centre of Photography were up to this week.

Light and Shadow/Soumita Bhattacharya

Grand Central Terminal/Yolande Daeninck

Playing with Portrait – Camila Svenson/Griselda San Martin

Playing with Portrait – Shih-Chieh Wei/Griselda San Martin

Playing with Portrait – Fabiana Sala/Griselda San Martin

Montauk End of the World/Sara Frisby

Portrait – Esteban Kuriel/Shih-Chieh Wei

Portrait – Griselda San Martin/Shih-Chieh Wei

Arrival on Staten Island/Gareth Smit

Pictures of the Week February 2, 2015

PJ students at ICP shoot a variety of different themes for the weekly courses. Many students attended January Workshops during the winter break, below are some pictures made during this time.

Jeff Jacobson Workshop/Khadim Baluch