ICP Co-Curator Malaika Newsome Leads Walkthrough of Photobooks USA 2000–25

The International Center of Photography (ICP) presents 'Photobooks USA 2000–25', an exhibition featuring over 50 photobooks that explore how artists have used the photobook medium to tell stories and circulate work in innovative ways. Co-curator and ICP Curatorial Assistant Malaika Newsome guides a walkthrough, discussing the significance of the photobook as an artistic medium. The exhibition showcases a diverse range of photobooks and photographers from across the United States, highlighting different approaches, artifacts, writings, forms, and styles. Newsome noted that the curatorial team aimed to challenge conventional notions of what a photobook looks like, citing Jeff Wall as a key example of pushing the physical boundaries of the format.