Mission Statement
The Augusta Photo Festival will create an international event to attract visitors to Augusta, educate the camera-using public, and encourage the creative spirit.
Vision
Photography has become the art of the people, a medium in which nearly all dabble and a few excel. In a city where arts has been the soul of our existence, as exemplified by James Brown, the Augusta Photo Festival can become a part of an ongoing effort to build on the image or our beautiful region and tap the ocean of skills of the people who live here. The festival is a chance to bring the beauty of Augusta to the surface, as well as to import the beauty of the world. The festival gives us a way of speaking beyond words, in the international language of visual arts, and to create a collaborative approach to developing our artistic community. We envision the festival as something that would reach out to make it a cultural event that not only provides images for us to see, but provides images that can help reshape our world.
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Augusta Photo Festival returns in 2012. The festival steering committee has determined the Augusta Photo Festival will be a biennial event, repeating every two years. The addition time will allow the festival to expand with more exhibits, workshops and other exciting activities. Watch this website for more information.
As we prepare for the next Augusta Photo Festival we are looking for energetic and motivated volunteers from the community to help with various behind the scenes opportunities. You do not even have to be a photographer.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact Mary Bordeaux via email or by phone and she will point you in the right direction: Mary Bordeaux marybordo@bellsouth.net 706-834-9742.
