We can be in control, out of control, beyond control. Control can be passive, progressive and aggressive. It can provide opportunities or suppress ambitions.

“If you don’t control your mind, someone else will” – John Allston
We all seek to control our own lives while resisting control by others. Control has come to denote power and oppression yet we want to “take back control”.

FORMAT is the UK’s leading festival of International Photography, established in 2004 will be opened and presented virtually and in venues across Derby 12th March - 11th April 2021