Ivan has extensive experience lecturing and moderating panels at institutions such as:

The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC • The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute • The Getty Museum • The Detroit Institute of Arts • The Mint Museum • Harvard University • Christies • Wieden+Kennedy • SCAD

He also currently serves as a board member for the Detroit Institute of Arts, Friend of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and was an Adjunct Professor at the School of Visual Arts in the Masters of Fashion Photography program from 2011 to 2016.

Ivan has supported the promotion of publications by making television appearances on platforms such as Cheddar News.