We are open to programming any project created through the medium of photography and encourage active participation from a broad spectrum of talent including professional, amateur and young photographers. We encourage festival participation from all levels of exhibitors including dealer galleries, private and public venues, individual artists and community groups.

We aim to make festival participation as barrier free and inclusive as possible, in order to reflect and represent the diverse populace and points of view within Auckland.

Due to the ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic since 2020, the Festival Trust has agreed to continue simple changes to how the Festival programme will be delivered since 2022. Building on our strategy of outdoor exhibitions since 2007 and the introduction of an online programme for the 2020/21/22/23/24 Festivals, the Festival will again feature 3 key sections: In-Venue, Outdoor and Online.