Living Through the Ordinary—Ryudai Takano and Emiko Inoue in Conversation

Renowned photographer Ryudai Takano is joined in conversation by art historian Emiko Inoue at ICP to discuss queer representation beyond the body, the republication of Takano’s seminal photobook In My Room (2005) as a new edition titled In My Room Revisited (2026), as well as their recent exhibition Takano Ryudai: kasubaba Living through the ordinary, recently on view at Hiroshima MOCA and the Tokyo Museum of Photographic Art. Throughout his thirty-year career as a photographer, Ryudai Takano has explored a wide range of themes, from gender and sexuality to the politics of Tokyo’s urban landscapes, and more recently, the visual and conceptual possibilities of shadows.

This program is being offered both in person at ICP, located on NYC’s Lower East Side, and online. Tickets to attend the conversation in person are $5 and include access to ICP’s galleries.

Arrive early to see our current exhibitions Eugene Atget: The Making of a Reputation, Latitudes: Nuits Balnéaires and François-Xavier Gbré, and HARD COPY NEW YORK, on view through May 4, 2026.

This program is supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.