FOTOFEST2006
230,000
Visitors - 716
Artists - 25 Countries
200 Events
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In
keeping with the themes of FotoFest 2006 -
The Earth and Artists Responding to Violence
- the quantity and quality ...of the photographs
were immense... - The
Texas Observer, April 2006
Absorption + Transmission
by Doug and Mike Starn
FotoFest exhibition at
New World Museum
Photo by Paul Hester
FOTOFEST2006 Meeting Place
- portfolio reviews
Photo by Hall Puckett
FotoFest...surely elevated this practice
[portfolio reviews] to a fine art, which then
has been imitated the world over by other festivals.
But be that as it may, what happens at FotoFest
is very worthy for all those involved, in every
sense of the word.
- Pedro Meyer, ZoneZero, Mexico,
2006
Opening Night, FOTOFEST2006
Photo by Don Eddy
Click
here
to see the FOTOFEST2006 Website
INTERBIENNIAL
EVENTS
FotoFest
has a year-round exhibition and event schedule
that does not end with the biennial! A show
of younger Texas-based photographers curated
by FotoFest Exhibits Coordinator Jennifer Ward
is planned for fall 2006. Stay tuned for the
announcement of the themes for FOTOFEST2008.
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INTERNSHIPS/VOLUNTEERS
Internships are
available to students, artists and individuals
interested in the arts. Internships are available
to individuals from the U.S. and abroad. For
more information about internships, click here.
Volunteers are
essential to all
non-profit organizations.
We are looking for interested and reliable people
of all ages to for gallery hosting, office help,
exhibition installations and special events.
If you're interested in volunteering,
please contact Marianne Stavenhagen at info@fotofest.org.
Very
shortly, we will be profiling a volunteer every
month on our website.
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"[FotoFest]
is an organization that gives you real responsibilities
and introduces you to the professional world.
Thanks to their international character, students
from other parts of the world can participate
in this experience."
-Gabriel
Cruz Mendoza; Caracas, Venezuela
Major: Communications, IICP, Paris, France |
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Make sure to check
out the FotoFest weblog
detailing the accounts of FotoFest 2006 and beyond.
The blog is written by co-founder and Chairman Fred
Baldwin.
Visit the Reviews
page to read up on what has been published about
FOTOFEST2006. Audio is also available of radio interviews
with artists.
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FOTOFENCE2006
Literacy Through Photography |
Looking at student posters at the FOTOFENCE
exhibition. |
FotoFest’s Literacy
Through Photography, a pre-collegiate writing and
photography program aimed at improving literacy and
writing skills through the use of photography, mounted
its sixteenth annual exhibit of student art and writing
projects, May 15 – May 20, 2006, at The Galleria
in Houston, one of the largest public commercial centers
in the U.S.
Click here
for more information on Literacy Through Photography.
Activities at the FOTOFENCE reception.
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FotoFest
is happy to announce the addition of Annick Dekiouk
as our new Exhibitions Assistant.
exhibits2@fotofest.org |
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