September 2011
8 posts
Outside the Box
Fred and Wendy think outside the box. They possess vision that most people only dream about. Their vision - FotoFest - cannot be defined by a mission statement. It is an experience felt around the world. We feel blessed to have participated, in a small way, to that vision and experience as it has grown over the years. Sincerely, John and Carola Herrin
Kudos to the Dynamic Duo
We offer volumes of tribute to Wendy Watriss and Fred Baldwin, the unstoppable, dynamic duo who have transformed an idea into a major institution of world wide renown and impact. And we say to you, Wendy and Fred, two minds deliriously in love with photography, infinite thanks for spreading and expanding the terms of its images, words and points of view.
- Suzanne and Ed
To Wendy Watriss & Fred Baldwin, a tribute from...
I was there. Gratefully we’ve been friends since the 70s when you were both wonderful committed important photographers. THEN you had the idea -and the nerve and the energy - to create Fotofest and locate it in your hometown, Houston, and place it bi-annually in March when there is a chance that visitors will experience weather livable to humans. I remember the first one, how exciting...
Thanks to Fred and Wendy
We began collecting photography about twenty years ago and are very proud that we acquired our first print from Wendy Watriss. It is one of a series that has achieved considerable recognition for capturing the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.* We had met Fred and Wendy in the early-to-mid 70s, not too long after they, and we, had migrated to Texas. We were introduced by a mutual...
The Dancing Bear HEARTS F&W
Fred Baldwin’s name should be Peter.
Every two years Wendy and whatever-we-decide-to-call-him welcome back the Lost Boys (and girls) to Neverland. No one grows older there. Certainly Fred and Wendy haven’t aged a minute in the twenty years I have known them Reason enough to go out and buy a Safari jacket and knot a Hermes scarf around your neck.
It seems foolish to try to...
Fred and Wendy are treasures of the international photography universe. Fotofest, their creation, has had as much impact on as many photographers as any gallery, museum, curator, publication; and then some. They almost single handedly created the “portfolio review”, a process by which hundreds, no thousands, of photographers have gained insight, exposure and the benefit of expertise....
