Global Visions - Fotofest At 40 -

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Résumé :
This book is a visual journey and history through one of the world's oldest and most respected international photography events, the FotoFest Biennial of Photography and New Media, 1986-2026.

Global Visions - FotoFest at 40 features approx. 370 international artists, including leading figures such as Edward Burtynsky,?AES+F,?Doug and Mike Starn, Lalla Essaydi, Susan Derges, Martin Parr, Susan Meiselas, Samuel Fosso,?Luis Gonz?lez Palma, Pentti Sammallahti, and?Rotimi Fani-Kayode?as well as many recent discoveries such as Oleg Dou, Jungjin Lee, Atta Kim, Mandy Barker and Diana Matar.

It is the first such publication about the history and programs of this storied festival, which is known for its discovery?of?so many talented photographic artists around the world.?FotoFest's exhibitions and artist portfolio review have launched the careers of many successful contemporary and historical artists....

Sommaire:
Dr. Mark Sealy has been director of London-based photographic arts institution Autograph ABP since 1991 and has produced numerous artist publications, curated exhibitions, and commissioned photographers and filmmakers worldwide. Sealy has written for international photography publications, including Foam Magazine, Aperture, Creative Camera and Next Level, and written numerous essays for publications and artist monographs. In 2002, Sealy and professor Stuart Hall co-authored Different, which focuses on photography and identity politics. Mark Sealy is a longtime collaborator with FotoFest. He was the lead curator of the acclaimed 2020 FotoFest Biennial African Cosmologies. The book with the same title sold out quickly.

Wendy Watriss has been a journalistic and documentary photographer and co-founded FotoFest in Houston, together with the late Fred Baldwin and Petra Benteler.

Steven Evans has been FotoFest's Executive Director since 2015....