Join us at the International Center of Photography for a special conversation between photographers Miyako Ishiuchi and Katayama Mari, moderated by curator Pauline Vermare.
The artists will discuss the wide-ranging scope of their career, including both Katayama’s and Miyako’s work on view in the current exhibition I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now.
Spanning photography, installation, photobooks, and printed matter, the exhibition explores the experiences and perspectives of women in Japan through delicate and blunt observations of everyday life, critical reflections on the roles inhabited and reshaped by Japanese women, and approaches that push the boundaries of photography. The exhibition is accompanied by a major publication (Aperture, 2024) that expands upon the content of the show through essays, historical material, and a comprehensive bibliography of photobooks made by Japanese women.
This program is being offered both in person at ICP and online. For more information and to purchase tickets, see here.
The 2026-2027 Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series is made possible through generous support from the Rosenblum Family. Additional support for this program was provided by the Japan Foundation, New York and for Miyako Ischiuchi, by Marukawa Collection.
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Image: Ishiuchi Miyako, from the series Yokosuka Story, 1976–77; from Ishiuchi Miyako: Traces (Aperture, 2026). © Ishiuchi Miyako. Courtesy of The Third Gallery Aya