Living Through the Ordinary: Ryudai Takano, Elle Pérez, and Emiko Inoue in Conversation
Three photographers discuss the power of everyday imagery, identity, and intimacy in contemporary photography at ICP.
Why we picked this
Three photographers from different continents who all gravitate toward quiet, intimate subjects — the conversation should reveal how differently 'the ordinary' looks depending on where you stand.
Ryudai Takano, Elle Pérez, and Emiko Inoue work across different geographies and traditions but share a commitment to photographing daily life, intimacy, and identity without sensationalizing their subjects. This three-way conversation at ICP puts their approaches in direct dialogue.
Takano’s spare, contemplative images of Japanese domestic life sit alongside Pérez’s tender portraits of queer and trans communities and Inoue’s explorations of familial memory. The conversation promises to surface what these very different practices share — and where they diverge — in their treatment of the ordinary as a site of meaning.
Tickets required. International Center of Photography, New York.