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The International Center of Photography (ICP) in Manhattan, New York, consists of a museum for photography and visual culture at 250 Bowery and a photography school in Midtown.

It was founded in 1974.

Understanding is a psychological process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to think about it and use concepts to deal adequately with that object.

Plato's theory of Forms or theory of Ideas argues that non-physical (but substantial) forms (or ideas) represent the most accurate reality.

When used in this sense, the word form or idea is often capitalized.

Plato speaks of these entities only through the characters (primarily Socrates) of his dialogues who sometimes suggest that these Forms are the only objects of study that can provide knowledge; thus even apart from the very controversial status of the theory, Plato's own views are much in doubt.

However, the theory is considered a classical solution to the problem of universals.

Pierre Bourdieu (1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist, anthropologist, philosopher, and renowned public intellectual.

Institutions are "stable, valued, recurring patterns of behavior".

As structures or mechanisms of social order, they govern the behaviour of a set of individuals within a given community.

Institutions are identified with a social purpose, transcending individuals and intentions by mediating the rules that govern living behavior.