A Guide To September 2026 Photography Festivals & Exhibitions

Images Vevey, JIPFest, BredaPhoto Festival, Landskrona Foto Festival, Luigi Ghirri e Gianni Celati. Verso la foce at MAMbo, Fiebre Photobook Fest, L’Image Satellite, and SiFest are among the photography events to visit next month.

Images Vevey 2026

Vevey, Switzerland / 5 September - 27 September

The 10th edition of the Biennale Images Vevey celebrates its milestone anniversary under the theme We Are Family! The event transforms the town of Vevey, Switzerland, into an open-air museum, featuring roughly 50 site-specific indoor and outdoor photographic installations by international artists. This edition explores kinship, chosen families, and social solidarity through custom-made artworks integrated into local parks, streets, museums, and unconventional spaces along the Swiss Riviera.

Anoush Abrar, Carlos Amorales, Martina Bacigalupo, Lisa Bertoldi, Richard Billingham, Matthias Brunner, Siân Davey, Cristina De Middel, Lusica Dörr, Hans Eijkelboom, Elsa & Johanna, Charlie Engmann, Lóa Fenzy, Nadine Fraczkowski, Kata Geibl, Sunil Gupta, JR, Erik Kessels, Abdulhamid Kircher, Pacifico Silano, Annelies Štrba, and Francesco Pennacchio are among the exhibiting artists.

Read more on their website.

JIPFest 2026

Jakarta, Indonesia / 11 September - 20 September

The Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) returns as a dynamic platform that connects photographers with the public, fosters cross-cultural dialogue, and elevates Indonesian talent onto the international stage. Held in the neighborhood of Cikini, Central Jakarta, the event features a wide program of exhibitions, workshops, portfolio reviews, and public discussions. By providing a collaborative space for impactful photography projects, JIPFest aims to stimulate meaningful conversations, encourage skill development, and inspire positive societal change.

Under this edition’s theme, Resilience, the festival explores stories of endurance, human tenacity, and collective recovery in the face of environmental disasters and political shifts. Through curated visual works, the event honors the cross-generational myths, shared values, and gestures of solidarity that shape identity and spark hope.

Find out more on the festival's website.

BredaPhoto Festival 2026

Breda, Netherlands / 11 September - 25 October

The next edition of the BredaPhoto Festival showcases photography as a powerful medium at the heart of society, presenting inspiring, confronting, and thought-provoking visual stories. Bringing together more than forty photographers and artists – many exhibiting in the Netherlands for the first time or displaying custom-created installations – the festival offers a broad range of perspectives. Highlights include a special presentation of work by six Sudanese photographers, curated in collaboration with Sudanese photographer Ala Kheir, as well as the group exhibition A Spell Bundle – Manifesting Queer Futurity, presented by FOTODOK and curated by Daria Tuminas and Nayara Leite.

The festival extends its impact well beyond individual gallery spaces, collaborating with major local institutions – including the Stedelijk Museum Breda, Chassé Theatre, and De Nieuwe Veste – to create an expansive, city-wide cultural program that connects diverse artistic visions directly with the public.

Read more on BredaPhoto Festival's website.

Landskrona Foto Festival 2026

Landskrona, Sweden / 4 September - 20 September

The 10th edition of the Landskrona Foto Festival transforms the southern Swedish city into an international hub for contemporary photography, centering its 2026 programming around the theme of Displacement. Examining both the physical realities of war, migration, and climate crises, as well as the emotional shifts surrounding identity and belonging, the festival gathers artists from diverse backgrounds to address these complex global topics through varied visual practices. At the center of the event, the Landskrona Theater hosts 17 photographic projects, turning the venue into an active space for public dialogue, artist talks, and creative encounters.

Among the highlights are the Photobook Days, which celebrate the photobook as a vital artistic and publishing medium. The program connects creators, independent publishers, and audiences through a market, book presentations, and panel discussions, complemented by a dedicated photobook reading space at the Landskrona Konsthall.

You can visit the festival from 18 September. Learn more on their website.

Luigi Ghirri e Gianni Celati. Verso la foce at MAMbo

Bologna, Italy / 26 June - 4 October

Curated by Lorenzo Balbi and Giulia Pezzoli, the exhibition explores one of the most vital creative collaborations in Italian photography and literature. It centers on the shared intellectual bond between photographer Luigi Ghirri and writer-filmmaker Gianni Celati, highlighting their mutual fascination with everyday landscapes, memory, and overlooked places.

Verso la foce features a substantial body of photographs taken by Ghirri between 1989 and 1991 during the making of Strada Provinciale delle Anime, Celati’s first feature film. Evolving from the Po Valley explorations, Ghirri’s images document the film's production while shifting focus toward the human figure within a transforming environment. Realized in partnership with the Fondazione Luigi Ghirri and supported by Strategia Fotografia 2025, the exhibition demonstrates how photography and cinema intertwined to form a shared language of close observation, complemented by a dedicated publication featuring critical essays.

Find out more on MAMbo's website.

Fiebre Photobook Fest XIII

Madrid, Spain / 18 September - 20 September

The Spanish international festival dedicated entirely to photobook culture is now celebrating its 13th edition. Anchored by its central BookMarket, the event connects emerging and established authors, publishers, curators, collectors, and the general public, fostering a growing international community. Around this hub, Fiebre hosts an array of inclusive programming – including workshops, exhibitions, talks, portfolio reviews, and BookJockeys – designed to generate creative networks, highlight industry novelties, and bring the photobook format to broad, diverse audiences.

Attending publishers include Altana, Dalpine, Dispara, Comisura, Ediciones Anómalas, Ediciones Posibles, Eros Publications, Fracaso Books, Fotolibros.Lat, Fuego Books, Hydra, Kult Books, La Maison de Z, myddtusland, PACTO Editorial, Replika Publishing, RM, XYZ Books, Zone, and more, allowing visitors to discover the latest releases from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Italy, Portugal, France, Austria, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, and Sweden.

Check the full list of publishers and artists on their website.

L'Image Satellite 2026

Nice, France / 19 September - 10 October

Organized by the Sept Off association, L'Image Satellite serves as a platform for contemporary photography, kicking off the annual Automne de l’Image season. Taking place at Le 109 – a contemporary culture hub in Nice, France – the festival opens with a celebratory inaugural weekend on 19 and 20 September. The programming blends contemporary photographic exhibitions, fine art, 3D stereoscopic cinema, the CARTA #3 publishing fair, and live musical performances, alongside collective exhibitions such as Dériver encore and dedicated artist showcases across the Grande Halle.

A key highlight of the festival is the presentation of the Prix Satellite 2026, held in partnership with the Musée de la Photographie Charles Nègre. On September 25, the gallery hosts the official award ceremony and opening exhibition for this year's prize recipient, Youqine Lefèvre, recognizing her project Lone Islands. By spotlighting emerging talent alongside established creators.

Learn more on their website.

SiFest 2026

Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy / 11 September - 27 September

Held in Savignano sul Rubicone, SiFest returns under the theme Still Standing, showcasing photography as a vital medium for examining human endurance, identity, and contemporary socio-political shifts. The festival features an extensive program of solo and collective exhibitions by international and Italian artists – including Christopher Anderson, Mario Cresci, Lars Tunbjörk, Robin de Puy, and Robbie Lawrence – alongside the collective exhibition Still Here featuring Jack Califano, Pietro Masturzo, and Alfredo Bosco.

Complemented by student laboratory showcases, educational initiatives, and awards ceremonies like the Premio Marco Pesaresi, SiFest continues its tradition of fostering dialogue between established image-makers, emerging talent, and the public across multiple venues throughout the city.

You can visit the exhibition until 27 September. Read more on the festival's website.

Rotting From Within by Abdulhamid Kircher at Triennal Of Photography Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany / 5 June - 1 November

Abdulhamid Kircher’s analogue photographic and installative practice addresses the impacts of patriarchy, violence, and generational trauma while seeking paths toward intimacy and reconciliation. At the heart of the exhibition is a newly commissioned, multi-panel installation spanning over nine meters wide, which blends vibrant analogue photographs, written personal texts, and archival materials into a fragmented visual narrative. Moving between Berlin and Turkey, the expansive work reconstructs the artist's complex relationship with his father and extends to include his paternal grandfather, mapping family history across generations through a lived narrative of memory, farewells, and emotional reckoning.

Through a high-contrast, emotionally charged visual style, Kircher explores recurring motifs of addiction, grief, loneliness, and tentative rapprochement. Curated by Nadine Isabelle Henrich with assistance from Viktoria Rochambeau, the exhibition functions as an evolving, living family archive that challenges conventional understandings of identity and male lineage.

Learn more on the museum's website.

Yeast Photo Festival 2026

Lecce and Galatina, Italy / 11 September - 8 November

The Yeast Photo Festival returns for its 5th edition under the artistic direction of Edda Fahrenhorst alongside co-directors Veronica Nicolardi and Flavio & Frank. Under theme A Matter Of Taste, the festival explores the deep relationship between food and society, inviting us to reflect on how our dietary choices are shaped by traditions, family backgrounds, cultural practices, and historical transformations.

The event features a comprehensive program of exhibitions, site-specific installations, artist talks, portfolio reviews, and creative residencies.

More info are coming soon on the festival's website.