ICP announces recipients of 2016 Infinity Awards: David Bailey, Zanele Muholi, and Walid Raad
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Wednesday, July 16, 2025


ICP announces recipients of 2016 Infinity Awards: David Bailey, Zanele Muholi, and Walid Raad
Civilizationally, We Do Not Dig Holes To Bury Ourselves: Plate 922, 1958-59/2004; 1 of 24 archival digital prints; each print 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm), � Walid Raad. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.



NEW YORK, NY.- The International Center of Photography, the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture, announces the 2016 honorees of its annual Infinity Awards, to be held in New York City on Monday, April 11, 2016. Widely considered the leading honor for excellence in the field, the Infinity Awards is ICP’s largest annual fundraiser, supporting all of its programs, including exhibitions, education, collections, and community outreach.

“The Infinity Awards is a very special night each year at which we celebrate the achievements of remarkable talent across photography and visual arts,” said ICP Executive Director Mark Lubell. “ICP is proud to recognize and celebrate this outstanding group of individuals making an impact on the world of visual culture.”

The 2016 honorees were chosen by an esteemed selection committee including Charlotte Cotton, Curator in Residence and Director of Programming for ICP’s new museum at 250 Bowery (opening this summer); Teju Cole, Photography Critic for The New York Times Magazine; and Brian Sholis, Curator of the Cincinnati Art Museum. The Lifetime Achievement honoree was selected by ICP’s Board of Trustees and senior staff.

2016 INFINITY AWARD RECIPIENTS
• Lifetime Achievement: David Bailey
• Art: Walid Raad
• Artist’s Book: Matthew Connors, Fire in Cairo
• Online Platform/New Media: Jonathan Harris and Gregor Hochmuth for Network Effect
• Documentary and Photojournalism: Zanele Muholi
• Critical Writing and Research: Susan Schuppli

Since 1985, the annual ICP Infinity Awards have recognized major contributions and emerging talent in the fields of photojournalism, art, fashion photography, and publishing. Past recipients include Berenice Abbott, Lynsey Addario, Richard Avedon, Henri CartierBresson, Roy DeCarava, Elliott Erwitt, Harold Evans, Robert Frank, Adam Fuss, David Goldblatt, David Guttenfelder, Mishka Henner, André Kertész, Steven Klein, William Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Annie Leibovitz, Helen Levitt, Mary Ellen Mark, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Daidō Moriyama, Shirin Neshat, Gordon Parks, Sebastião Salgado, Malick Sidibé, Lorna Simpson, Mario Testino, and Ai Weiwei.










Today's News

February 5, 2016

Pivotal moments in women's chess highlighted in exhibit at the World Chess Hall of Fame

Britain's Royal Mail opens up secret underground railway for new museum in London

Smithsonian scientists discover butterfly-like fossil insect in the deep Mesozoic

Ashmolean Museum displays over one hundred unseen Warhols from the Hall Collection

150 years on, exhibit in Saint Petersburg probes the dark world of 'Crime and Punishment'

United Kingdom risks losing national treasures: Lawrence of Arabia's robes and dagger

North Carolina Museum of Art offers rare opportunity to watch conservator at work

Solo exhibition of work by Amy Sillman on view at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in New York

Exhibition presents well-preserved example of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's early functionalism

Ruth DeYoung Kohler assumes new role at John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin

A $13 million gift to Columbia establishes professorship and Center for Japanese Art History

Stephenson's February 19 auction features furniture, Americana, other antiques

ICP announces recipients of 2016 Infinity Awards: David Bailey, Zanele Muholi, and Walid Raad

Cologne opens carnival on edge after sex attacks

Funk legend Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire dead at 74

French culture minister woos Hollywood studios

Artpace announces 2016 Spring International Artist-in-Residence

Works by Calder, Lichtenstein will headline Cottone's March 19th auction

Extensive multichannel audio and video installations unfold across three floors of the New Museum

Parrotta Contemporary Art opens exhibition of works by Pieter Laurens Mol

Exhibition at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery presents a range of works from the 1950s to the 1990s by Jess

Norman Rockwell Museum mourns the passing of artist/educator/museum trustee, Murray Tinkelman

"Autobiography" at Index offers different approaches to the complexities and politics of subjectivity




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
(52 8110667640)

Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful