WOPHA: First Was the Abyss — A Conversation on Women and Photography in the Caribbean
Join us at ICP for First Was the Abyss, a multi-year research initiative, creative convening, and curatorial program conceptualized by Aldeide Delgado, Founder & Director of Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA). The project explores the intersection of feminisms and photography in the Caribbean through an archipelagic lens, challenging dominant narratives in photographic history. It traces the contributions of Caribbean women photographers and positions the region as a critical site for reimagining the medium's intellectual discourse.
This panel discussion brings together Delgado; Pauline Vermare, Phillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum; and artists and ICP alumni Genesis Báez and Paola Martínez Fiterre to reflect on the Caribbean as both a generative space and a critical framework for photographic inquiry. Building on conversations from the WOPHA Research Workshop held the previous day at the Brooklyn Museum, participants will share their work and research, engaging themes of identity, migration, modernity, and colonization.
The ticket includes admission to ICP's exhibitions, Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration and Sheida Soleimani: Panjereh.
