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November 22, 2013 Marco | Editor

By Sarah Jacobs

ICP Announces New Executive Director

This week the board of trustees of the International Center of Photography appointed Mark Lubell to be its new executive director of both the museum and school. Lubell comes with some great experience under his belt: from 2004-2011 he was Director of Magnum Photos, and has been working as a consultant ever since.

During his time at Magnum he carved new revenue streams for the photo agency, including negotiating the sale of the Magnum press print archive to Michael Dell and his investment firm, MSD Capital. He also lead the “Access to Life” project, which included eight …read more

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