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After Six Weeks of a Formidable Run of Exhibits, the FotoFest 2010 Biennial in Numbers

HOUSTON, TX.- The FotoFest 2010 Biennial closed its main events on Sunday, April 25, after a six-week run, which was marked by a formidable number of exhibitions, events, workshops, forums on contemporary curating, the world’s largest portfolio review for artists, an International Fine Print Auction, book signings, and a lot of networking between photographers who came from around the world. FotoFest, the United States’ largest citywide celebration of photography, put its 2010 focus on Contemporary U.S. Photography and invited five curators from different regions of the country to present their visions of the field and what they felt best reflected photography in the U.S. today. The four main U.S. exhibitions were accompanied by a fifth, non-thematic exhibition, Discoveries of the Meeting Place, spotlighting ten artists who had presented work in the previous Biennial’s portfolio review. In addition to FotoFest&#1