ICP Incubator Space Founders Jacque D. Bailey and Sara Ickow Discuss First Year of Free Photojournalism Exhibitions

Key facts

• ICP's Incubator Space opened a little over a year ago as a free, public exhibition space for emerging and in-progress photojournalism and documentary work.
• The space is located on the first floor of ICP and aims to convey the institution's mission of concerned photography to visitors immediately upon entry.
• Its most valuable qualities are its malleability and responsiveness compared to ICP's museum exhibition program.
• Over the last year and a half, the Incubator Space has featured Mackenzie Calle's Gay Space Agency, Jon Henry's Stranger Fruit, and Oksana Parafeniuk's War Threads, which debuted at ICP.
• Additional exhibitions include Haruka Sakaguchi's The Camps America Built and Andrea Hernández Briceño's Fire Becomes Sprit in 2026.
• The initiators of the Incubator Space are Jacque D. Bailey, Director of Public Engagement, and Sara Ickow, Associate Director.
• An interview with Bailey and Ickow is published on ICP's website.
• The Incubator Space is part of the International Center of Photography.