Format International Photography Festival (stylised as FORMAT) is a biennial photography festival held in Derby, UK. It 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.

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]

FORMAT was established in 2004 by Louise Clements and Mike Brown, and built on the legacy of the past Derby Photography Festivals.[4] 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.[5]

In 2010 The Guardian called it "the UK's leading photography festival".[1]

Episodes

2005 FORMAT05

The theme was DOCUMENTARY, MEMORY and PLACE This was the first edition of the festival and included works by Willie Doherty, Don McCullin, Photographs from Ellis Island, Tom Wood, an international open call and a conference by Creative Camera 'Photography from Britain since 1968'

2006 FORMAT06

The theme was TRANSFORM and it took place in September/October.[4]

Included work by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.[4]

===2007 FORMAT07=== (off year)

2009 FORMAT09

The theme was PHOTOCINEMA

Included work by Aaron Schuman[6][7] and Wim Wenders.[8]

2011 FORMAT11

The theme was RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW: Exposures from the Public Realm —street photography.[9][10][11]

Included work by Giacomo Brunelli,[10] Raymond Depardon,[10] Bruce Gilden,[10][11][12] Joel Meyerowitz,[10][13] Chris Steele-Perkins,[10] Raghu Rai,[10] Alex Webb,[10][14] Zhang Xiao,[15] and 60 works by street photography collective In-Public including Nick Turpin.[11]

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[14] and Joel Meyerowitz.[10]

===2012 FORMAT12=== (off year) 'Hijacked photography from the UK and Australia', major publication and exhibition tour. Additional Derby based exhibition featured Max Kandhola

2013 FORMAT13

The theme and subtitle was FACTORY.[16][17] The festival had two categories: "Focus", which was curated, and "Exposure", "comprising work selected from an open submission programme."[16]

Included work by Ken Grant,[16][18][19] Erik Kessels,[16][17] and Archive of Modern Conflict.[17][20] Included work by Zhang Xiao.[21]

2015 FORMAT15

The theme was EVIDENCE and it was directed by Louise Clements.[22][23][24]

Included work by Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel (Evidence).[25]

the co curator of this edition was Lars Willumeit


===2016 FORMAT16=== (off year) An off-year episode.[26] 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".[26]

2017 FORMAT17

The theme was HABITAT[27]—"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),[28] 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.[29][30][31]

The FORMAT Conference included a talk by Martin Parr.[28]

the co curator of this edition was Hester Keijser

===2018 FORMAT18=== (off year) Included work by Mark Neville (Displaced Ukrainians and Battle Against Stigma).[32]

2019 FORMAT19

Theme FOREVER/NOW took place in venues throughout Derby


2021 FORMAT21

Theme CONTROL took place in New Art City online and in Derby the co curator of this edition was Marina Paulenka

2023 FORMAT

Theme WHAT PHOTOGRAPHY CAN BE took place in venues throughout Derby

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bowes, Gemma (6 November 2010). "Derby daze: high times at the Festé festival". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wheeler, Alex (28 March 2017). "FORMAT17: Highlights of the UK's largest photography festival". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Format Festival – the low down – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 BBC. "Start of a Transformation". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "About FORMAT". www.formatfestival.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ "Aaron Schuman ~ Once Upon a Time in the West". FOTO8. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Clark, Robert (7 February 2009). "Exhibitions preview: Wim Wenders, Derby". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Format's street photography focus". BBC News. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 O'Hagan, Sean (8 March 2011). "Right Here, Right Now: photography snatched off the streets". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 Battersby, Matilda. "Format Festival: Street photography steals the show". The Independent. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  12. ↑ O'Hagan, Sean (11 December 2011). "The best photography of 2011: Sean O'Hagan's choice". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Joel Meyerowitz at the Format International Photography Festival - in pictures". The Guardian. 28 February 2011. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
  14. 1 2 Coomes, Phil. "BBC - Viewfinder: Right Here, Right Now: At the Format Festival in Derby". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  15. ↑ Jacques, Adam (27 February 2011). "Portfolio: Zhang Xiao". The Independent. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  16. 1 2 3 4 O'Hagan, Sean (10 March 2013). "Format international photography festival – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  17. 1 2 3 "Aesthetica Magazine - FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  18. ↑ Coomes, Phil (8 March 2013). "No Pain Whatsoever at the Format Festival". BBC News. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  19. ↑ "Mersey beat: Ken Grant captured the spirit of Liverpool as it coped". The Independent. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  20. ↑ Sherwin, Skye (15 March 2013). "Matt Calderwood, Sterling Ruby, Julia Wachtel: the week's art shows in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
  21. ↑ O'Hagan, Sean (17 April 2014). "Mythical beasts and voodoo worship: photographing pagan rituals in China". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "Ka-Boom at Format". BBC News. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  23. ↑ O'Hagan, Sean (13 March 2015). "Sense memory: Peter Watkins's ghostly reflection on grief and loss". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  24. ↑ "BBC Arts - Format photography: From Northern Exposure to Hidden Islam - BBC Arts". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  25. ↑ Clark, Robert; Sherwin, Skye (14 March 2015). "Alexander McQueen, Idiot Box, Format 15: this week's new exhibitions". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  26. 1 2 Clark, Robert; Basciano, Oliver (25 March 2016). "This week's exhibitions". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  27. ↑ Searle, Adrian; Jones, Jonathan; Wainwright, Oliver; O'Hagan, Sean (7 January 2017). "Great exhibitions: 2017's best art, photography, architecture and design". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  28. 1 2 "Format Photo Festival: 10 Things to See and Do". Time. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  29. ↑ "The forgotten shops of Derby – in pictures". The Guardian. 14 April 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
  30. ↑ "BBC Arts - Portrait of a city: 150 years of photographing Derby - BBC Arts". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  31. ↑ "'Oldest photo studio' images on show". BBC News. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  32. ↑ Neville, Mark (29 March 2018). "Displaced Ukrainians and Battle Against Stigma – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
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