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Visual Studies presents Frederick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss
LOOKING AT THE U.S. 1957 – 1986
From the Civil Rights Movement to the Vietnam War,
and 16 years photographing in Texas
the co-founders of Fotofest, will present their new book and talk about 30 years of photographing, before they founded the largest international photography festival in the world in Houston.
October 27, 2009
6:30pm Visual Presentation and Discussion
7:30pm Book Signing and Reception
at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brown Auditorium Theater, 1001 Bissonnet
Introduction by Anne Wilkes Tucker , The Gus and Lyandall Wortham Curator of Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
This is the first time since the founding of FotoFest in 1983, that Fred Baldwin and Wendy Watriss will present their own photography in Houston. This talk is based on a large exhibition of their work presented by the Musee de la Photographie in Charleroi, Belgium this year, January – May 2009 and the book published by Mets & Schilt Publishers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Free and open to the public.
Visual Studies at the University of Houston is sponsoring this event with Photo Forum, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, FotoFest and Houston Center for Photography
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An Introduction to Visual Studies
In our image saturated world, visual literacy is not an extravagance, it is a necessity.
Visual imagery entertains us and sells products. It also shapes the way we remember the past and envision gender, race, and social class.
Cultural literacy requires an appreciation of visual culture: of art, film, and photography.
Visual Studies teaches you how to analyze and decode images, to interpret visual texts, and to use photography and film as investigative tools.
Comprehensive in our interdisciplinary approach to exploring our visual experience, Visual Studies at the University of Houston is unique in its:
- Wealth of local, national, and international connections.
- Partnerships with local arts institutions.
- Breadth of its expertise, which stretches from optometry, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science, to visual ethnography and the humanities and arts.
Visual Studies at the University of Houston is the first truly interdisciplinary program of its kind in the United States...
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