FotoFest 1.0

The official app for the FotoFest Biennial 2022, titled "If I Had a Hammer," serves as a comprehensive guide to the wide array of exhibitions, programs, and events associated with the festival. This includes Creative Conversations lectures, artist performances, guided tours, and symposiums focusing on photographic arts and film.

Founded by photojournalists Fredrick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, FotoFest is a Houston-based contemporary arts organization committed to the advancement of photography and visual culture. The organization emphasizes an exploration of social, cultural, and political histories through the medium of photography and related disciplines. Central to its mission is the presentation of exhibitions, public programs, and publications that foster greater understanding of contemporary life.

In addition to its year-round initiatives, FotoFest hosts a biennial city-wide project that features large-scale exhibitions alongside curated lectures, performances, symposia, and film programs. The organization also facilitates several professional development opportunities such as the Meeting Place Portfolio Reviews, which brings together over 400 artists and 150 professionals in the art and photography sectors each year.

Furthermore, through its Literacy Through Photography program, FotoFest implements K-12 classroom-based projects designed to foster creativity while enhancing students' writing, comprehension, and expressive skills, thus reaching thousands of young learners. Since its inception in 1983, FotoFest has been a vital platform for art and discourse, committed to promoting international dialogue, cultural exchange, scholarship, and community enrichment by collaborating with artists, audiences, academics, curators, and key figures in the realms of art and culture.