FotoVisura is delighted to announce The 2012 FotoVisura Pavilion in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This four-day contemporary photography event celebrates international and local photography through exhibitions, panel talks, and a portfolio consultation and review.

The event will run from August 30 to September 2, 2012 and will feature exhibitions including “Beyond War: Mexico’s Drug War” by Guest Curator Whitney Johnson, director of photography at The New Yorker, “Falling Eyelids: A Fotonovela” written, directed and photographed by ADÁL, and “Interpolations” featuring Migdalia Luz Barens-Vera.

Exhibitions at the 2012 FotoVisura Pavilion

Beyond War: Mexico’s Drug War
Guest Curator Whitney Johnson, Director of Photography at The New Yorker

Featuring: Eunice Adorno (Mexico City, Mexico), Dominic Bracco II (Texas, US), Alejandro Cartagena (Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic), and Katie Orlinsky (New York, US).

Description: Description: In “Beyond War: Mexico’s Drug War” four young photographers share their perspectives on the ongoing conflict. Each looks beyond the graphic violence to examine the impact of the war on particular communities.

Falling Eyelids: A Fotonovela
Written, Directed and Photographed (1979) by ADÁL (Puerto Rico)

Description: “Falling Eyelids” tells the story of a photographer who dissatisfied with his surrounding reality begins to create his own. In time, the photographer is unable to distinguish the reality he invented from the one that was real.

Selected Portfolio (Travel Size)
Featuring: Jesús ‘Bubu’ Negrón (Puerto Rico)
Curated by: Jesús ‘Bubu’ Negrón & Roberto Paradise

Description: Selected Portfolio (Travel Size) by Jesús ‘Bubu’ Negrón is composed of 14 photographs laminated on wood that offer a breathtaking journey into the artist’s practice for the past 10 years.

See the full list of exhibitions and events at www.fotovisurapavilion.com.

Interested in participating in the FotoVisura Pavilion?

Contact info@fotovisura.com. Great discount rates are available with the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel and Casino and Delta Airlines.

More details available at www.fotovisurapavilion.com.