SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 | 2–3:30 PM: FotoFest presents “The Low Turn Row: A Journey in Time” at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Brown Auditorium Theater. Experience the stories of people who settled the U.S. frontier and their histories, which have shaped the social and political character of the nation today. Wendy Watriss and Frederick Baldwin, life partners, founders of FotoFest, and acclaimed freelance photographers, left global reporting in 1971 to explore the American experience.

In an iconic series of photographs, they lived with people whose families developed an East Central Texas county. With Emmy Award–winning cinematographer John Simmons, Watriss and Baldwin revisited this area decades later, photographing and recording residents about the complexities of integration and community history. The Low Turn Row will be presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston during the FotoFest Biennial 2026.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Wendy Watriss is a photographer and cofounder of FotoFest, Houston’s photography biennial celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026. John Simmons is a photographer, filmmaker, and cinematographer. Celia Lightfoot is an educator and associate producer for The Low Turn Row.