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I attended this event for the first time in March in Houston, TX. In a word this event is simply amazing.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, it is a photography festival and portfolio review event for photographers. This year the exhibitions theme was China and I saw many exhibits of Chinese Photography from the turn of the century to the present. I learned so much more about daily life in China from these photographs than I ever learned in school. I participated in the portfolio reviews for 4 days and had 19 reviews with an international cadre of photography professionals. The reviewers were museum curators, collectors, magazine editors, gallery owners and a variety of other professionals. I received valuable feedback on my work and encouragement to do what I already do, even better. Multiple reviewers commented that my work is very unique and not like any other they have seen. I was thrilled to hear this from so many professionals who look at photography all the time. I also met many other photographers and enjoyed seeing thier work and talking "shop." I made some new friends in the process. The website for the festival is: www.fotofest.org |