Format International Photography Festival

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

2006 – Format06

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

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

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]

2013 – Format13

The theme and subtitle was "Factory: Mass Production".[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]

2014 – Format14

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]

2016 – Format16

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]

2018 – Format18

Included work by Mark Neville (Displaced Ukrainians and Battle Against Stigma).[32]

See also

References
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  2. Wheeler, Alex (28 March 2017). "FORMAT17: Highlights of the UK's largest photography festival". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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  4. 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. O'Hagan, Sean (8 March 2011). "Right Here, Right Now: photography snatched off the streets". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  11. 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. 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.
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  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.
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  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. 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. "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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