Over its 30-year history, FotoFest’s Portfolio Review has been a launching pad for the careers of hundreds of photographic artists. Many artists have been discovered by this program and many reviewers have found new talent to exhibit, publish, collect, and represent. In 2016, FotoFest brings 165 international, professional reviewers to meet one-on-one with registered artists. They include museum curators, editors, publishers, gallerists, collectors, and photo agency representatives to review the work of 450 registered artists.
I was honored to be one of the reviewers for the 1st of 4 sessions for FotoFest’s Meeting Place Portfolio Review. This is a daily record of the 15 or so photographers work I viewed. Whether they were looking for practical results for a completed body of work, or feedback on work in progress, the Meeting Place Reviews offered the opportunity to present their portfolio to a wide range of photography professionals who could assist in their future career development.
Eric L Hansen‘s color images are deeply personal storyboards of his own connections to post-modern culture. Photo of Minta Maria Small (Nativo explores cowboy symbolism in relation to the charreada, a mexican rodeo whose traditions pre-date the frontiersman folklore of the American West). Rachael Dunville is a fine art photographer whose work explores the photographic encounter as a serious, seductive, and often complicated human exchange. (MFA SVA). Jeremy Enlow, an advertising, media, and fine arts photographer based in Fort Worth, is the author of the popular book, “The Cowboys of Waggoner Ranch”. Lynn Savarese is a photographer whose work focuses on intimate observation. Originally from a small town in Texas, Savarese has resided and traveled throughout the world. Russian born Yelena Zhavoronkova’s projects are simultaneously very personal and universal in nature, speaking to the viewers on an intimate level that is familiar to all. Donna Hixson, Louisiana born, has a keen eye for color and a special point of view. Enjoy a look through her personal style. Marisa White‘s work has evolved from the physical realm of collages to the digital world, focusing on the beauty, darkness and depth of conceptual photography, limited only by imagination and inspired by current happenings. Robert Langham is known to rescue or adopt wild animals found near his home in Tyler, Texas and poses them in unique and interesting ways in his studio. Chris Raecker is a photographer specializing in Black and White fine art based in Chicago. Ron Johnson has been photographing architecture and interior time since 1979. Steven Crawford is a prolific and innovative image-maker whose signature style is described as “photo illustration” photography; he creates immaculate, inventive, and technically brilliant photographs. William Scharf’s recent work, “Alta Vista” is from the Eastern California desert outside of Palmdale, Lancaster and 29 Palms. Nigel Maister‘s work is created with “snapshots or anonymous, vernacular photographs bought at yard sales, junk and antique shops, from dealers, or on eBay, so too there are images by photographers both identified (and obscure) and known and celebrated.”
Websites
http://www.ericlhansen.com
http://www.mintamaria.com
http://www.rachael-dunville.com
http://jeremyenlow.com
http://lynnsavaresephotography.com
http://www.photo.yzdesign.com
http://www.donnahixson.com
http://www.whitesparksphotography.com
http://robertlangham.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-blackfork-bestiary.html
http://www.chrisraecker.com
http://www.studio3301.com
http://www.stevencrawford.com
http://www.williamscharf.com
http://www.foundphotographs.com
