U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Victor Ashe, helped open the III Warsaw Festival of Photography on March 22, with an address to the large opening night audience and by helping to award prizes to the winners of an international competition for Polish and American photography students. The event at the Academy of Fine Arts’ Gallery for Media Art in Warsaw marked the beginning of the festival, in which 24 galleries will take part throughout Warsaw through May 20, and is supported by U.S. Embassy Warsaw.