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bifb'11 fringe clockwise from top K.Golding, J.E.Brown, E.Algra, K.Dixon, C.Pearson, J.Wells
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© Francisco Diaz [USA] from the series 'Lost Roads'
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BIFB'11 volunteer Kirrilee Bailey doing her stuff! pic courtesy Julie Hough
The BIFB has blazed a trail for a global approach to photography, seeking out extremely talented artists who are less well known outside their own domain, or in the case of Australian artists, those worthy of, but yet to be recognised as photographic superstars of the future. Our ongoing belief is that art is integral to society – not a marginal form of expression – but central to the issues that inform and shape our society.
From the Festival’s inception as the Daylesford Foto Biennale in 2005, the Ballarat International Foto Biennale has grown in scale, status and critical acclaim. After two successful festivals, BIFB outgrew the capacity of Daylesford to accommodate the event and relocated to Ballarat for BIFB’09. The Festival is the only internationally significant photographic event in regional Victoria. In the course of just four festivals BIFB has grown from 55 events over 28 venues, with an estimated audience of around 10,000 visitors, to 206 events staged at 73 venues throughout Ballarat and nearby Creswick. Carefully monitored figures record an attendance of 63,500 at events in the seven main venues of the 2011 Festival.
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