[3] As a journalist, Watriss covered the religious conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa, Women's Strike for Peace, Vietnam veterans and Agent Orange, and drug use in the US.
[1] Her work has been published in Life, Stern (Germany), Geo, Photoreportages (France), The New York Times, Bild (Sweden), Christian Science Monitor, among others.
[5] The festival highlights new and emerging artists from all over the world and examines social, cultural, and political issues through the works selected.
[9] Watriss is the author of several books, including Image and Memory, Photography from Latin America 1866–1994,[10] co-authored with Lois Parkinson Zamora.
[1] Watriss, with Baldwin, also briefly taught at the University of Texas at Austin in a combined program with the Journalism and American Studies departments.