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Format International Photography Festival (stylised as FORMAT) is a biennial photography festival held in Derby, UK that. It was established in 2004 and takes place in March [1] in various venues in Derby including Quad, University of Derby, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derwent Valley Mills, Market Place and in nearby cities.

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Format comprises "a year-round programme of international commissions, open calls, residencies, conferences and collaborations". [2] Though it exhibits some work by established photographers, it is predominantly a platform for emerging photography. [3] In 2010 The Guardian called it "the UK's leading photography festival". [1]

Format24 will take place 16 March – 30 July 2024. [4]

Organisation

Format was established in 2004 by Louise Clements and Mike Brown, and built on the legacy of the past Derby Photography Festivals. [5] It is organised by QUAD in partnership with the University of Derby. It was Directed by Co-Founder Louise Clements also known as Louise Fedotov-Clements from 2004–2022; in 2017 it was directed by Monica Allende. [6]

Episodes

2006 – Format06

The theme was "Transform" and it took place in September/October. [5]

Included work by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. [5]

2009 – Format09

The theme was "Photocinema".

Included work by Aaron Schuman [7] [8] and Wim Wenders. [9]

2011 – Format11

The theme was "Right Here, Right Now: Exposures from the Public Realm"—street photography. [10] [11] [12]

Included work by Giacomo Brunelli, [11] Raymond Depardon, [11] Bruce Gilden, [11] [12] [13] Joel Meyerowitz, [11] [14] Chris Steele-Perkins, [11] Raghu Rai, [11] Alex Webb, [11] [15] Zhang Xiao, [16] and 60 works by street photography collective In-Public including Nick Turpin. [12]

Speakers at the opening weekend included Bruce Gilden, Nate Larson, John Maloof on Vivian Maier, Chris Steele-Perkins, Mark Sealy, Amy Stein, Nick Turpin, Michael Wolf [15] and Joel Meyerowitz. [11]

2013 – Format13

The theme and subtitle was "Factory: Mass Production". [17] [18] The festival had two categories: "Focus", which was curated, and "Exposure", "comprising work selected from an open submission programme." [17]

Included work by Ken Grant, [17] [19] [20] Erik Kessels, [17] [18] and Archive of Modern Conflict. [18] [21]

2014 – Format14

Included work by Zhang Xiao. [22]

2015 – Format15

The theme was "evidence" and it was directed by Louise Clements. [23] [24] [25]

Included work by Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel (Evidence). [26]

2016 – Format16

An off-year episode. [27] The theme was called "reGeneration3" and it was curated by the Musée de l'Élysée (Lausanne, Switzerland).

Included "work by some 50 students of 25 different nationalities and 40 art institutions". [27]

2017 – Format17

The theme was "Habitat" [28] —"landscape, environment, migration, digital worlds, ideas of home and displacement, conflict and regeneration". [2] The headline exhibition explored the Anthropocene. [3]

Included work by David Moore (his play The Lisa and John Slideshow), [29] Lisa Barnard, [2] [3] Sohrab Hura, [2] [3] Ursula Biemann, [3] John Maclean, [2] Tom Hunter [2] and from the W. W. Winter studio in Derby. [30] [31] [32]

The Format Conference included a talk by Martin Parr. [29]

2018 – Format18

Included work by Mark Neville (Displaced Ukrainians and Battle Against Stigma). [33]

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  6. ↑ "About FORMAT". www.formatfestival.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Photocinema : the creative edges of photography and film. Neil Campbell, Alfredo Cramerotti, Huw Davies, Jane Fletcher. Bristol, U.K.: Intellect. 2013. ISBN   1-299-38595-8. OCLC   842853203.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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