Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City, in collaboration with FotoFest, presents the FOTOFEST2008 Discoveries of the Meeting Place exhibit as part of Mexico's XIII Bienal de Fotografia. The exhibits open today, Thursday, February 19 in Mexico City. The Discoveries exhibit is part of a long term exchange between FotoFest and Centro de la Imagen, one of Mexico's most important photographic arts organizations.

The ten Discoveries artists were selected by invited curators as being among the most interesting of more than 300 artists at the FOTOFEST2006 Meeting Place Portfolio Review.The artists are: Seung Woo Back (UK), Brian Berman (USA), Vincent Delbrouk (Belgium), Kyung Duk Kim (S. Korea), Katarina Mouratidi (Germany), Dan Nelken (USA), Suk Kuhn Oh (S. Korea), Jacob Aue Sobol (Denmark), Michelle Sank (UK), and Voitech V. Slama (Czech Republic).

FotoFest Chief Curator Wendy Watriss was an invited juror for the XIII Bienal de Fotografia. The Discoveries presentation in Mexico is supported by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico and Centro de la Imagen.

L. TOP: Michelle Sank
L. MIDDLE: Seung Woo Back
L. BOTTOM: Suk Kuhn Oh
R. TOP: Vojtech Slama
R. BOTTOM: Dan Nelken
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    Štěpán Grygar, Untitled, 2007

    Fernando La Rosa, Horizon Line, 2007

    Štěpán Grygar and Fernando La Rosa

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    Families are invited to join FotoFest for a fun-filled afternoon of "green" themed, environmentally-friendly activities benefitting FotoFest's acclaimed in-school, reading and writing program, Literacy Through Photography.

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    Beau Comeaux, Kudzu, 2006

    VIEWFINDER: New Images by Texas Artists, the 2008 exhibition created by FotoFest and Houston Center for Photography travels to Dallas, Texas. It opens at Dallas Contemporary on March 13.

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