These exhibitions, and many of the exhibitions by the local cultural organisations, are open for the full length of the Festival. The Festival opening week included an international conference hosted by The Australian National University.
July to October 2008 is an excellent time to invite visitors to Canberra—friends, family, colleagues and students with an interest in photography.
The exciting program of Festival events includes the projection of photographic images on to the exteriors of buildings, a folio night when Australia’s photographers will be able to show their work to buyers from Canberra’s collecting institutions, award ceremonies for both professional and amateur photographers, a trade show, master classes, seminars, talks and tours.
Vivid 2008 is part of a lively program of photography festivals in Australia, including FotoFreo, the Queensland Festival of Photography and the Daylesford Foto Biennale.
Over fifty national and ACT-based institutions are collaborating to present exhibitions, conferences and a range of events for photographers, photographic historians and everyone with an interest in photography.