J o Brenzo
first came to San Miguel in the
summer of 1976. After that, she returned three times a
year, every year, until moving permanently in 1992. She
was professor of photography at Bellas Artes for the
next twenty years. At the same time, she established the
Academia de Fotógrafía, which, since 1995, has offered
general photography classes in San Miguel as well as
travel workshops to Xilitla, Xochimilco, Real de Catorce,
Oaxaca, Patzcuaro, Guatemala and Cuba. Within the
Academia is a fine art gallery established in 1998. Many
of the photographers represented are the result of her
portfolio reviews at Fotofest in Houston, Texas and more
recently at PhotoNola in New Orleans.