Fotoseptiembre kicks off in San Antonio

Rebecca Dietz's “Closer,” a series of solarized black-and-white prints, will be on display at the High Wire Arts Gallery. In a world of digital proliferation, Dietz works primarily in film, which she said offers ample opportunities.

“I think you start to have a lot of range to experiment with,” Dietz said. “Digital does really well, but it does one slice of the pie.”

The Instituto Cultural de México in HemisFair Park features one of the signature exhibits, “The Way I Sí It.” The exhibit consists of the work of older students and recent alumni of Say Sí, who range in age from 17 to 21. The students have worked with photography for at least a year.

“The students are definitely looking through the camera in so many different ways,” said Guillermina Zabala, media arts director of SAY Sí and curator of the SAY Sí photography exhibit. “A lot of the students are very creative. We try to encourage them to not just be technically prepared but explore and be creative.”

The festival stretches into the realm of film. Cambridge independent filmmaker Allie Humenuk will present her documentary “Shadow of the House,” which follows the Cuban-born, now-American photographer Abelardo Morell.

The Southwest School of Art & Craft will preview the film, with Humenuk and Morell present at the opening.

“The Universe Next Door,” an exhibit of Morell's works, will open Sept. 17 at the school.

To Humenuk, the two fields have stark differences.

“The nature of moving images is that you see time. You see 24 frames per second. You're moving through space,” Humenuk said.