The FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2008 Festival’s first series of exhibitions opened Thursday, August 28, at the Southwest School of Art & Craft, with an outstanding and elegantly displayed selection of exhibits by Zoe Sheehan Saldaña (Caution), Veronica Riedel (The Making Of A Mestiza), Jennifer Khoshbin (Missed Or Misunderstood), and Chris Jordan (Running The Numbers).

Southwest School Of Art & Craft, Navarro Campus.

Detail from Zoe Sheehan Saldaña’s exhibit.

Partial view of Zoe Sheehan Saldaña’s exhibit.

Partial view of Zoe Sheehan Saldaña’s exhibit.

Papel-Picado Artist Kathleen Trenchard studying Zoe Sheehan Saldaña’s work.

Ernie Villarreal and a friend, at the entrance to Veronica Riedel’s exhibit.

Photographer Carra Garza and FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA Coordinator Ann Kinser discussing Veronica Riedel’s work.

Partial view of Veronica Riedel’s exhibit.

Kathy Armstrong, Southwest School Of Art & Craft Exhibitions Director, and Victor Pagona, Chair of the School’s Photography Department, in the Navarro Campus Galleries.

Detail from Veronica Riedel’s exhibit.

Artists Anita Valencia and Jan Tips commenting on Veronica Riedel’s work.

Richard Arredondo, Chair of the Visual Arts & Technology Department at San Antonio College; Luis Valderas, artist; David Rubin, Brown Foundation Curator at the San Antonio Museum of Art; Angel Rodriguez-Diaz, artist; and Rolando Briseño, artist; help Ann Kinser strike a pose.

Southwest School Of Art & Craft, Ursuline Campus.

Jennifer Khoshbin at her exhibit in the Ursuline Campus gallery.

Jennifer Khoshbin reviewing her work.

Partial view of the Ursuline Campus gallery.

Jeffrey Dyer admiring Jennifer Khoshbin’s work.

David Rubin in a Dramatis Personae pose at the Ursuline Campus gallery.

Jerry Craft and Anne Alexander in the Ursuline Campus gallery.

Detail from Jennifer Khoshbin’s exhibit.

Detail from Chris Jordan’s exhibit in the Navarro Campus Foyer gallery.

Rebecca Dietz, San Antonio College Visual Art & Technology Photography Instructor, discussing Chris Jordan’s work with her students.