FORMAT FESTIVAL

FORMAT is the UK’s leading international contemporary festival of photography & related media. WHAT'S ON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

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EXHIBITIONS

FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

FORMAT21: CONTROL

FORMAT21: Control – Online. FORMAT in collaboration with New Art City are delighted to present the FORMAT21 international photography festival online in its purpose built multi-player virtual gallery

space.

'@MASSISOLATIONFORMAT ‘@massisolationFORMAT Take Part. Inspired by the 1937 Mass Observation project FORMAT is inviting you to join in the @massisolationFORMAT project, a visual record of the Covid 19 Crisis on Instagram.. Share your experience of this global pandemic and send UNSTABLE/SUSTAINABLE Unstable/Sustainable. Unstable/Sustainable is a re-invented exhibition. It was originally staged at Format Festival by the London Alternative Photography Collective in 2015. This earlier exhibition included a number of photographic works, which gradually changed chemically during the course of the exhibition. AEON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

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WARAWAR WAWA

Warawar Wawa. Warawar Wawa (Son of the Stars) is a re-imagining of Antoine Saint Exupery’s book, Le Petit Prince, visualised through the contemporary Andean culture.. For a long time, Bolivia has been viewed through the narrative of a folklore imposed and interpreted by foreign observers and influencers, reducing Bolivia and its citizens to mere ethnic signifiers. THE PEOPLE'S PICTURE The People’s Picture is a photography and technology studio based in London, UK and was founded by visual artist Helen Marshall. As an artist-led organisation the studio creates innovative photo mosaic artworks and installations at the leading edge of art, design and technology. The People’s Picture is known for its large scale photo mosaic art installations both online and in the public

SIMON LEHNER

Simon Lehner is currently living in and working from Vienna, Austria after graduating in Photography and Time-based Media at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. With his series How Far is a Lightyear? he won the Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award + the Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize in 2018 and was selected in 2019 as a Red Hook Labs New Artist and the Rencontres d’Arles Voies Off

FORMAT FESTIVAL

FORMAT is the UK’s leading international contemporary festival of photography & related media. WHAT'S ON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

EXHIBITIONS

FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

FORMAT21: CONTROL

FORMAT21: Control – Online. FORMAT in collaboration with New Art City are delighted to present the FORMAT21 international photography festival online in its purpose built multi-player virtual gallery

space.

'@MASSISOLATIONFORMAT ‘@massisolationFORMAT Take Part. Inspired by the 1937 Mass Observation project FORMAT is inviting you to join in the @massisolationFORMAT project, a visual record of the Covid 19 Crisis on Instagram.. Share your experience of this global pandemic and send UNSTABLE/SUSTAINABLE Unstable/Sustainable. Unstable/Sustainable is a re-invented exhibition. It was originally staged at Format Festival by the London Alternative Photography Collective in 2015. This earlier exhibition included a number of photographic works, which gradually changed chemically during the course of the exhibition. AEON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

WARAWAR WAWA

Warawar Wawa. Warawar Wawa (Son of the Stars) is a re-imagining of Antoine Saint Exupery’s book, Le Petit Prince, visualised through the contemporary Andean culture.. For a long time, Bolivia has been viewed through the narrative of a folklore imposed and interpreted by foreign observers and influencers, reducing Bolivia and its citizens to mere ethnic signifiers. THE PEOPLE'S PICTURE The People’s Picture is a photography and technology studio based in London, UK and was founded by visual artist Helen Marshall. As an artist-led organisation the studio creates innovative photo mosaic artworks and installations at the leading edge of art, design and technology. The People’s Picture is known for its large scale photo mosaic art installations both online and in the public

SIMON LEHNER

Simon Lehner is currently living in and working from Vienna, Austria after graduating in Photography and Time-based Media at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. With his series How Far is a Lightyear? he won the Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award + the Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize in 2018 and was selected in 2019 as a Red Hook Labs New Artist and the Rencontres d’Arles Voies Off WHAT'S ON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

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ARCHIVE - FORMAT FESTIVAL The 2019 Format International Photography Festival, Forever//Now, looked at the current interest in fictionalising photography, either by constructing and manipulating images in some way or by using inference and visual association to tell impossible-to-photograph, or un-witnessed, stories. '@MASSISOLATIONFORMAT ‘@massisolationFORMAT Take Part. Inspired by the 1937 Mass Observation project FORMAT is inviting you to join in the @massisolationFORMAT project, a visual record of the Covid 19 Crisis on Instagram.. Share your experience of this global pandemic and send SEARCH - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

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PORTFOLIO REVIEW

FORMAT 21 Portfolio Reviews “Portfolio reviews are a wonderful way to build community and source new talent.” Michael Itkoff, USA. There are only a few places left on this year’s portfolio reviews so make sure you book your review here.. The FORMAT team have invited over 70 reviewers from 25 countries, representing all sections of the photographic industry with each reviewer bringing SAVE THE DATE: FORMAT21: ALL DAY CONFERENCE Friday 12th March 2021 FORMAT is delighted to be working with the University of Derby to present the FORMAT21 conference. Following on from the highly ambitious and experimental research festival conference held at the University of Derby’s Markeaton Street site for FORMAT in March 2019, Dr Philip Harris and Gemma Marmalade are thrilled to announce an all-new virtual conference for FORMAT21 FORMAT21: CONFERENCE FORMAT21: Conference. Following on from the highly ambitious and experimental research festival conference held at the University of Derby’s Markeaton site for FORMAT19 in March 2019, Dr Philip Harris and Gemma Marmalade are thrilled to announce an all-new virtual conference for FORMAT21. SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. The project So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Tianxi Wang was inspired by the fourth book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series. “I moved back to China without any preparation. Life was suddenly cut off and almost everything was lost.

PETER BONNELL

Peter Bonnell is a Senior Curator based at QUAD in Derby. He has been a professional curator for 15 years, having previously been a visual artist exhibiting work in the UK, across Europe and in the US. Bonnell has been based at QUAD since early 2012 where he has led on a range of projects, including the mass participation film work Derby Soap Opera with the artist and filmmaker Marinella FORMAT | PORTFOLIO REVIEWS FORMAT PORTFOLIO REVIEW 2021 Rules & FAQ’s. COST. 4 reviews – �80; 6 reviews – £120; 8 reviews – £160; 10 reviews – £200 BOOKING SYSTEM. Our bespoke booking system enables you to choose the Reviewers you want to see at the time you want to see them.

FORMAT FESTIVAL

17th May – 5th September 2021. Following the successful 3D virtual presentation of FORMAT21 International Photography Festival, selected exhibitions are being shown across Derby in the city’s cultural institutions and retail spaces. If you are in or visiting Derby come and enjoy the face to face experience of seeing some amazing

photography.

EXHIBITIONS

FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

'@MASSISOLATIONFORMAT ‘@massisolationFORMAT Take Part. Inspired by the 1937 Mass Observation project FORMAT is inviting you to join in the @massisolationFORMAT project, a visual record of the Covid 19 Crisis on Instagram.. Share your experience of this global pandemic and send ARCHIVE - FORMAT FESTIVAL The 2019 Format International Photography Festival, Forever//Now, looked at the current interest in fictionalising photography, either by constructing and manipulating images in some way or by using inference and visual association to tell impossible-to-photograph, or un-witnessed, stories. UNSTABLE/SUSTAINABLE Unstable/Sustainable. Unstable/Sustainable is a re-invented exhibition. It was originally staged at Format Festival by the London Alternative Photography Collective in 2015. This earlier exhibition included a number of photographic works, which gradually changed chemically during the course of the exhibition. AEON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

WARAWAR WAWA

Warawar Wawa. Warawar Wawa (Son of the Stars) is a re-imagining of Antoine Saint Exupery’s book, Le Petit Prince, visualised through the contemporary Andean culture.. For a long time, Bolivia has been viewed through the narrative of a folklore imposed and interpreted by foreign observers and influencers, reducing Bolivia and its citizens to mere ethnic signifiers.

PETER BONNELL

Peter Bonnell is a Senior Curator based at QUAD in Derby. He has been a professional curator for 15 years, having previously been a visual artist exhibiting work in the UK, across Europe and in the US. Bonnell has been based at QUAD since early 2012 where he has led on a range of projects, including the mass participation film work Derby Soap Opera with the artist and filmmaker Marinella

SIMON LEHNER

Simon Lehner is currently living in and working from Vienna, Austria after graduating in Photography and Time-based Media at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. With his series How Far is a Lightyear? he won the Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award + the Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize in 2018 and was selected in 2019 as a Red Hook Labs New Artist and the Rencontres d’Arles Voies Off SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. The project So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Tianxi Wang was inspired by the fourth book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series. “I moved back to China without any preparation. Life was suddenly cut off and almost everything was lost.

FORMAT FESTIVAL

17th May – 5th September 2021. Following the successful 3D virtual presentation of FORMAT21 International Photography Festival, selected exhibitions are being shown across Derby in the city’s cultural institutions and retail spaces. If you are in or visiting Derby come and enjoy the face to face experience of seeing some amazing

photography.

EXHIBITIONS

FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

'@MASSISOLATIONFORMAT ‘@massisolationFORMAT Take Part. Inspired by the 1937 Mass Observation project FORMAT is inviting you to join in the @massisolationFORMAT project, a visual record of the Covid 19 Crisis on Instagram.. Share your experience of this global pandemic and send ARCHIVE - FORMAT FESTIVAL The 2019 Format International Photography Festival, Forever//Now, looked at the current interest in fictionalising photography, either by constructing and manipulating images in some way or by using inference and visual association to tell impossible-to-photograph, or un-witnessed, stories. UNSTABLE/SUSTAINABLE Unstable/Sustainable. Unstable/Sustainable is a re-invented exhibition. It was originally staged at Format Festival by the London Alternative Photography Collective in 2015. This earlier exhibition included a number of photographic works, which gradually changed chemically during the course of the exhibition. AEON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

WARAWAR WAWA

Warawar Wawa. Warawar Wawa (Son of the Stars) is a re-imagining of Antoine Saint Exupery’s book, Le Petit Prince, visualised through the contemporary Andean culture.. For a long time, Bolivia has been viewed through the narrative of a folklore imposed and interpreted by foreign observers and influencers, reducing Bolivia and its citizens to mere ethnic signifiers.

PETER BONNELL

Peter Bonnell is a Senior Curator based at QUAD in Derby. He has been a professional curator for 15 years, having previously been a visual artist exhibiting work in the UK, across Europe and in the US. Bonnell has been based at QUAD since early 2012 where he has led on a range of projects, including the mass participation film work Derby Soap Opera with the artist and filmmaker Marinella

SIMON LEHNER

Simon Lehner is currently living in and working from Vienna, Austria after graduating in Photography and Time-based Media at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. With his series How Far is a Lightyear? he won the Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award + the Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize in 2018 and was selected in 2019 as a Red Hook Labs New Artist and the Rencontres d’Arles Voies Off SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. The project So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Tianxi Wang was inspired by the fourth book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series. “I moved back to China without any preparation. Life was suddenly cut off and almost everything was lost. WHAT'S ON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

VISIT - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

ABOUT - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading international contemporary festival of photography and related media. It organises a year round programme of international commissions, open calls, residencies, conferences and collaborations in the UK and internationally and welcomes over 100,000 visitors from all over the world to its biennale.

PARTICIPANTS

FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

FORMAT21: CONTROL

FORMAT21: Control – Online. FORMAT in collaboration with New Art City are delighted to present the FORMAT21 international photography festival online in its purpose built multi-player virtual gallery space. FORMAT21 Online Information Centre where you will find links to all the gallery spaces and information on how to navigate yourself

around

SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. The project So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Tianxi Wang was inspired by the fourth book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series. “I moved back to China without any preparation. Life was suddenly cut off and almost everything was lost.

SIMON LEHNER

Simon Lehner is currently living in and working from Vienna, Austria after graduating in Photography and Time-based Media at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. With his series How Far is a Lightyear? he won the Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award + the Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize in 2018 and was selected in 2019 as a Red Hook Labs New Artist and the Rencontres d’Arles Voies Off

PORTFOLIO REVIEW

Zelda Cheatle, UK. This year FORMAT will be running the reviews online over two days Friday 19th – Saturday 20th March from 9.30am – 4.00pm with the Portfolio Review Awards being presented on the Saturday at 4.30pm. “Connecting with professionals on a personal level is the first step in entering a network in which your work gets

seen and

SAVE THE DATE: FORMAT21: ALL DAY CONFERENCE Friday 12th March 2021 FORMAT is delighted to be working with the University of Derby to present the FORMAT21 conference. Following on from the highly ambitious and experimental research festival conference held at the University of Derby’s Markeaton Street site for FORMAT in March 2019, Dr Philip Harris and Gemma Marmalade are thrilled to announce an all-new virtual conference for FORMAT21 FORMAT | PORTFOLIO REVIEWS FORMAT PORTFOLIO REVIEW 2021 Rules & FAQ’s. COST. 4 reviews – �80. 6 reviews – £120. 8 reviews – £160. 10 reviews – £200. B OOKING SYSTEM. Our bespoke booking system enables you to choose the Reviewers you want to see at the time you want to see them. It is a first come first serve basis.

FORMAT FESTIVAL

17th May – 5th September 2021. Following the successful 3D virtual presentation of FORMAT21 International Photography Festival, selected exhibitions are being shown across Derby in the city’s cultural institutions and retail spaces. If you are in or visiting Derby come and enjoy the face to face experience of seeing some amazing

photography.

EXHIBITIONS

FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

'@MASSISOLATIONFORMAT ‘@massisolationFORMAT Take Part. Inspired by the 1937 Mass Observation project FORMAT is inviting you to join in the @massisolationFORMAT project, a visual record of the Covid 19 Crisis on Instagram.. Share your experience of this global pandemic and send ARCHIVE - FORMAT FESTIVAL The 2019 Format International Photography Festival, Forever//Now, looked at the current interest in fictionalising photography, either by constructing and manipulating images in some way or by using inference and visual association to tell impossible-to-photograph, or un-witnessed, stories. UNSTABLE/SUSTAINABLE Unstable/Sustainable. Unstable/Sustainable is a re-invented exhibition. It was originally staged at Format Festival by the London Alternative Photography Collective in 2015. This earlier exhibition included a number of photographic works, which gradually changed chemically during the course of the exhibition. AEON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

WARAWAR WAWA

Warawar Wawa. Warawar Wawa (Son of the Stars) is a re-imagining of Antoine Saint Exupery’s book, Le Petit Prince, visualised through the contemporary Andean culture.. For a long time, Bolivia has been viewed through the narrative of a folklore imposed and interpreted by foreign observers and influencers, reducing Bolivia and its citizens to mere ethnic signifiers.

PETER BONNELL

Peter Bonnell is a Senior Curator based at QUAD in Derby. He has been a professional curator for 15 years, having previously been a visual artist exhibiting work in the UK, across Europe and in the US. Bonnell has been based at QUAD since early 2012 where he has led on a range of projects, including the mass participation film work Derby Soap Opera with the artist and filmmaker Marinella

SIMON LEHNER

Simon Lehner is currently living in and working from Vienna, Austria after graduating in Photography and Time-based Media at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. With his series How Far is a Lightyear? he won the Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award + the Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize in 2018 and was selected in 2019 as a Red Hook Labs New Artist and the Rencontres d’Arles Voies Off SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. The project So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Tianxi Wang was inspired by the fourth book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series. “I moved back to China without any preparation. Life was suddenly cut off and almost everything was lost.

FORMAT FESTIVAL

17th May – 5th September 2021. Following the successful 3D virtual presentation of FORMAT21 International Photography Festival, selected exhibitions are being shown across Derby in the city’s cultural institutions and retail spaces. If you are in or visiting Derby come and enjoy the face to face experience of seeing some amazing

photography.

EXHIBITIONS

FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

'@MASSISOLATIONFORMAT ‘@massisolationFORMAT Take Part. Inspired by the 1937 Mass Observation project FORMAT is inviting you to join in the @massisolationFORMAT project, a visual record of the Covid 19 Crisis on Instagram.. Share your experience of this global pandemic and send ARCHIVE - FORMAT FESTIVAL The 2019 Format International Photography Festival, Forever//Now, looked at the current interest in fictionalising photography, either by constructing and manipulating images in some way or by using inference and visual association to tell impossible-to-photograph, or un-witnessed, stories. UNSTABLE/SUSTAINABLE Unstable/Sustainable. Unstable/Sustainable is a re-invented exhibition. It was originally staged at Format Festival by the London Alternative Photography Collective in 2015. This earlier exhibition included a number of photographic works, which gradually changed chemically during the course of the exhibition. AEON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

WARAWAR WAWA

Warawar Wawa. Warawar Wawa (Son of the Stars) is a re-imagining of Antoine Saint Exupery’s book, Le Petit Prince, visualised through the contemporary Andean culture.. For a long time, Bolivia has been viewed through the narrative of a folklore imposed and interpreted by foreign observers and influencers, reducing Bolivia and its citizens to mere ethnic signifiers.

PETER BONNELL

Peter Bonnell is a Senior Curator based at QUAD in Derby. He has been a professional curator for 15 years, having previously been a visual artist exhibiting work in the UK, across Europe and in the US. Bonnell has been based at QUAD since early 2012 where he has led on a range of projects, including the mass participation film work Derby Soap Opera with the artist and filmmaker Marinella

SIMON LEHNER

Simon Lehner is currently living in and working from Vienna, Austria after graduating in Photography and Time-based Media at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. With his series How Far is a Lightyear? he won the Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award + the Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize in 2018 and was selected in 2019 as a Red Hook Labs New Artist and the Rencontres d’Arles Voies Off SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. The project So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Tianxi Wang was inspired by the fourth book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series. “I moved back to China without any preparation. Life was suddenly cut off and almost everything was lost. WHAT'S ON - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

VISIT - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

ABOUT - FORMAT FESTIVAL FORMAT is the UK’s leading international contemporary festival of photography and related media. It organises a year round programme of international commissions, open calls, residencies, conferences and collaborations in the UK and internationally and welcomes over 100,000 visitors from all over the world to its biennale.

PARTICIPANTS

FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004.. FORMAT organises international commissions, exhibitions, residencies, conferences, publications, portfolio reviews and collaborations worldwide, throughout the year, every year..

Partners

FORMAT21: CONTROL

FORMAT21: Control – Online. FORMAT in collaboration with New Art City are delighted to present the FORMAT21 international photography festival online in its purpose built multi-player virtual gallery space. FORMAT21 Online Information Centre where you will find links to all the gallery spaces and information on how to navigate yourself

around

SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. The project So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Tianxi Wang was inspired by the fourth book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series. “I moved back to China without any preparation. Life was suddenly cut off and almost everything was lost.

SIMON LEHNER

Simon Lehner is currently living in and working from Vienna, Austria after graduating in Photography and Time-based Media at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. With his series How Far is a Lightyear? he won the Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award + the Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize in 2018 and was selected in 2019 as a Red Hook Labs New Artist and the Rencontres d’Arles Voies Off

PORTFOLIO REVIEW

Zelda Cheatle, UK. This year FORMAT will be running the reviews online over two days Friday 19th – Saturday 20th March from 9.30am – 4.00pm with the Portfolio Review Awards being presented on the Saturday at 4.30pm. “Connecting with professionals on a personal level is the first step in entering a network in which your work gets

seen and

SAVE THE DATE: FORMAT21: ALL DAY CONFERENCE Friday 12th March 2021 FORMAT is delighted to be working with the University of Derby to present the FORMAT21 conference. Following on from the highly ambitious and experimental research festival conference held at the University of Derby’s Markeaton Street site for FORMAT in March 2019, Dr Philip Harris and Gemma Marmalade are thrilled to announce an all-new virtual conference for FORMAT21 FORMAT | PORTFOLIO REVIEWS FORMAT PORTFOLIO REVIEW 2021 Rules & FAQ’s. COST. 4 reviews – �80. 6 reviews – £120. 8 reviews – £160. 10 reviews – £200. B OOKING SYSTEM. Our bespoke booking system enables you to choose the Reviewers you want to see at the time you want to see them. It is a first come first serve basis.

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OFF YEAR

APRIL - JUNE 2020

The FORMAT20 Off Year exhibitions may be closed in the real world but we are delighted to bring you some of the amazing FORMAT festival exhibitions as digital exhibitions. Check out _SLEIGHT OF HAND_

,

an exhibition drawn from past FORMAT festivals and shown at the Lishui International Photography Festival last year and now available as a

virtual tour.

RE-VISIT

FORMAT19 with our 3D presentation of the festival produced by our friends at V21 Artspace.

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the festival videos from the last four biennales and browse the catalogues in our ARCHIVE

.

And take part in @MASSISOLATIONFORMAT PROJECT

, a visual record

of the Covid 19 Crisis on Instagram.

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Lishui Museum

Sleight of Hand – Virtual Tour 8 November 2019 - 11 November

00:00 - 00:00

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QUAD

@massisolationFORMAT 25 March - 27 January 2021

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QUAD

State of Emergency 2020 – Finland 21 April - 21 April 2021

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Abbie Trayler-Smith

Alexandra Lethbridge

Amani Willett

Ana Teresa Vicente

Anne Braybon

Anne Golaz

Anton Kusters

Anton Roland Laub

Benedikt Partenheimer

Bethany Kane

Brian Griffin

Camillo Pasquarelli

Caroline Furneaux

Casey Orr

Christopher Nunn

Craig Easton

David Copeland

Doug Fishbone

Dylan Hausthor

Edgar Martins

Ekow Eshun

Elena Anosova

Eleonora Agostini

Emily Berl

Emily Graham

Fernando Martin Godoy

Four Corners

Garrett Grove

Gemma Marmalade

Gloria Oyarzabal

Graeme Oxby

Guanyu Xu

Hannah Hughes

IC Visual Lab

Ingvar Kenne

Jaakko Kahilaniemi

Jack Latham

Jamie E Murray

Jan Stradtmann

Jens Schwarz

Jillian Edelstein

John Angerson

Jonny Briggs

Kalpesh Lathigra

Karl Ohiri

Kate Peters

Ke Peng

Kensuke Koike

Laura Pannack

Leah Gordon

Linda Brownlee

Liza Ambrossio

Lottie Davies

Louis Quail

Louise Fedotov-Clements Lucia Sekerková Bláhová

Lydia Goldblatt

Maki Hayashida

Margaret Mitchell

Maria Sturm

Mariano Doronzo

Mark Murphy

Martin Barnes

Martin Seeds

Matthew Arnold

Max Pinckers

Melinda Gibson

Michele Palazzi

Michelle Sank

Muge

Nina Röder

Olivia Punnett

Paulina Otylie Surys

Peter Bonnell

Philip Welding

Professor Keith McLay

Red Saunders

Regine Petersen

Richard Ansett

Rodrigo Orrantia

Ronghui Chen

Roy Mehta

Seunggu Kim

Sharbendu De

Shawn Records

Simon Roberts

Skinder Hundal

Sophie Gerrard

Stefanie Moshammer

Steven Barritt

Stuart Freedman

Synchrodogs

Tim Clark

Tomaso Clavarino

Virginie Rebetez

W.M. Hunt

Yvette Monahan

Zoé Aubry

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A-N BURSARIES: TIME SPACE MONEY – OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

April 24, 2020

We wanted to let you know about the bursaries available from a-n for artists effected by Covid 19

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Source Magazine: Free Online

April 17, 2020

Our friends at Source Magazine have made their digital edition of Issue 96 - PRIVACY available for free until the end of April

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FORMAT: Photography in an Age of Change

April 15, 2020

Director of FORMAT Louise Fedotov-Clements' interview with Alasdair Foster for the Chinese Magazine Photoworld in 2016 is now available in

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