Literacy Through Photography®
Curriculum

In 1987, FotoFest brought teacher/photographer Wendy Ewald and her innovative photography education project to the Children's Museum in Houston. Ms. Ewald has achieved great success in using photography to stimulate children to take pictures and write about their lives and dreams. In 1990, FotoFest expanded the project to 1,000 HISD children. Teacher and student response was enthusiastic and led to establishing Literacy Through Photography permanently. In 1991, FotoFest hired David F. Brown as full-time education director and modified the Ewald program. LTP has grown from a pilot project to a rapidly expanding part of the HISD system.

In the past, schools and teachers were selected on the basis of requests from teachers and principles. Today, FotoFest is training HISD teachers in LTP methods in coordination with an expansion strategy laid out by senior HISD staff.