FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA-SAFOTO International Photography Festival 2012

The FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA International Photography Festival is a unique and eclectic forum for the exhibition and celebration of photography and photography-based art forms.

The FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA International Photography Festival has fostered a tremendous growth in the photographic arts in South Texas. Established and mid-career artists showcase their talents alongside a burgeoning pool of avid photographic artists and enthusiasts.This reflects a deep interest in photography both as an art form and as a means of personal and cultural expression. It also points to San Antonio’s expansive, enthusiastic embrace of FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA-SAFOTO.

As organizers of FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA, we strive for the highest levels of quality and service for the benefit of festival participants and the community as a whole. We fully engage the rich multiplicity of our combined cultural legacies, and we are proud of the opportunities for outreach, artistic advancement, and economic development that are generated by our Festival.

FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA has grown exponentially since we began in 1995 with a small group of exhibits and conferences. In 1998 FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA became a full-fledged international event, including a couple dozen exhibits in San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Boston and New York. The 2000 edition of FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA more than doubled in size, showcasing the work of over 180 photographic artists in 50 exhibits at galleries, art spaces, and other venues in San Antonio and other cities. FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2002, included a wide spectrum of innovative photographic work from 230 artists in 75 exhibits at 62 venues in San Antonio, Boerne, Kerrville, New Braunfels, Austin, Houston, Orlando, Maryland and New York. Exhibiting photographers came from Peru, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Iran, Mexico, India and the USA. From 2003 on, we stopped counting.