St. Basil's Cathedral

One of the main sponsors of Fotofest's 2012 Biennial, the Garage Center hasushered in a thriving new era of contemporary art in Moscow.

Early estimates indicated that there were 275,000 visits to FotoFest exhibits.Around 10 exhibits at Houston's major museums remain on view.

The Biennial's always-popular opening night party drew an astounding 4,000guests this year — a cool thousand more partiers than the 2010 launch party.

Our Bike Scramble group grew along the way, as cyclists joined in.

Works by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr. at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art.

Photographs by Andy Freeberg in the lobby of the Bank of America Center.

Valera and Natasha Cherkashin, from the installation, The Fall of Empire,1994-1997

Houston Ballet artists Jun Shuang Huang and Katharine Precourt in Theme andVariation, choreographed by George Balanchine

Marsha Drokova with Vladimir Putin

Gregory Maiofis, A Taste for Russian Ballet, 2006

Valera and Natasha Cherkashin, Kazakstan

Mark Chen, Sugar Factory

Mark Chen, Power Plant, Arizona

Mark Chen, Downtown Houston

Mark Chen, Glacier Point, Yosemite

Photographer Mark Chen

Mel Chin, The Funk and Wag From A to Z, 2011, a collection of collages, excisedprinted pages from The Universal Standard Encyclopedia, 1954, by Wilfred FunkInc., archival water-based glue and imported artist paper

Linarejos Moreno, Cutting and Rebounding of Threads I,II, III, 2010, inkjetprint on hand-crafted burlap

Joe Cardella, Contemplation, 2012, inkjet on photo paper and mixed media

Celia Alvarez Muñoz, Semajante Personajes/Significant Personalities, 2002-2012,digital holga prints

Installation view

Alexander Zemlianichenko, Russian Protests, 2011-2012, inkjet on photo paper

Nazar Yahya, Luminosity, 2011, mixed media on Chinese paperon canvasNazar Yahya, Features of the Hand, 2011, inkjet digital pigmenton fine art paperNazar Yahya, The Witness, 2011, mixed media on Chinese paper on canvas(triptych)

Danny Lyon, SNCC Workers Outside Funeral, The Menil Collection, Houston

Danny Lyon, Crossing the Ohio, Louisville 1966, The Menil Collection, Houston,gift of Kenneth G. Futter

Danny Lyon, Clarksdale, Mississippi Police, The Menil Collection, Houston, giftof Edmund Carpenter and Adelaide de Menil

Danny Lyon, Walls Unit Yard (Raymond Jackson, robbery), The Menil Collection,Houston, gift of Edmund Carpenter and Adelaide de Menil

Danny Lyon, Rachel in Texas (Robert Frank, Wavy Gravy, Paula Cooper, DannySeymour) 1969