The 20/20 Photo Festival is a celebration of photography that brings together the Philadelphia photo community through city-wide exhibitions, educational programming, and a photo book fair. Originally organized in 2020 by representatives from Gravy Studio, The Halide Project, and Wanderlife Gallery, the festival has built a strong reputation from its inaugural year as a month-long virtual event to its current in-person manifestation. It brings together a wide range of perspectives from emerging and established photographers from Philadelphia and beyond, reflecting the diversity of contemporary photography, and foregrounds the goal of making art accessible and bringing it into the public sphere through free programming designed to inspire and educate. This includes exhibitions, workshops and demonstrations, artist talks, panel discussions, and a renowned photo book fair.

This year’s festival theme is centered around ‘Structures.’ They can be tangible, like the framework of a building or the chemical layers that comprise a piece of film, but they can also be more conceptual and less easily- recognizable, as with family and societal structures. As photographers, we can explore, represent, and challenge the structures that exist around us. What do they look like? How do they function? Who do they serve? What effects do they have on humanity and the environment?

In 2025, the 20/20 Photo Festival will be promoting photography exhibits around Philadelphia for the month of September along with a main weekend of events from Thursday September 4th to Sunday September 7th, 2025 at different locations including Kieran Timberlake, The Halide Project, Cherry Street Pier, and Unique Photo.