DARK PEAK PHOTO FESTIVAL LITE
Dark Peak Photo Festival Lite 2025
We’re excited to announce Dark Peak Photo Festival Lite 2025! While the decision to create a "Lite" version of the festival was primarily driven by time and budget constraints, it also sets the stage for our bi-annual festival model. Conceived in 2023, the Dark Peak Photo Festival underwent a full year of planning and execution for its inaugural event in 2024. However, we knew that after the intensity of launching in 2024, we couldn’t take a full year off. Instead, we’ve chosen to focus our energy on Festival Lite in 2025, while preparing behind the scenes for the larger, more ambitious festival in 2026.
We’re already thrilled to have a theme and a plan for 2026, so now the focus is on making Festival Lite a reality, while ensuring we’re ready to scale up for the main event next year.
Looking Back: The 2024 Festival
In 2024, the festival was entirely unfunded, with all of the work contributed by three dedicated volunteers and a handful of additional supporters. We are incredibly grateful for the generosity that made the festival possible last year. However, in order for us to continue and grow the festival for 2026, we need to secure funding. Costs for prints, materials, and sundries add up quickly, and we are committed to offering photographers a living wage and covering exhibition costs.
How You Can Help
We’re fortunate to have received strong support in 2024, and we’re excited to have potential sponsors considering us for 2025. But the heart of the festival remains the open call, which is where you come in. By entering the open call, you’re not only supporting the festival, but you also gain a unique opportunity to connect with us, which could lead to an exhibition opportunity, a chance to be part of the Open Call Exhibition, or even win prizes.
Additionally, entrants will have the option to keep their high-quality print as a thank-you for their participation. We can’t thank enough those who entered in 2024, and we hope you’ll join us again in 2025.
Join Us for 2025!
The success of this festival depends on community support, so whether you’re a photographer, sponsor, or supporter, we welcome you to be part of Dark Peak Photo Festival Lite 2025. Together, we can continue to build something special and create a platform for photographers to shine.
Thank you for being part of this journey — we look forward to seeing what you’ll bring to the festival in 2025!