Format comprises "a year-round programme of international commissions, open calls, residencies, conferences and collaborations".
[4] Format was established in 2004 by Louise Clements and Mike Brown, and built on the legacy of the past Derby Photography Festivals.
[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.
[17][18] The festival had two categories: "Focus", which was curated, and "Exposure", "comprising work selected from an open submission programme.
[27] The theme was "Habitat"[28]—"landscape, environment, migration, digital worlds, ideas of home and displacement, conflict and regeneration".