Miami Street Photography Festival
The Miami Street Photography Festival (MSPF) is back. I attended it for the first time in 2019. It had a huge impact on me, one could even say a game changing impact. Then and there I made a promise to myself to never miss it again. Sadly, that promise has been kept, because the pandemic forced the cancellation of the live festival in 2020 and 2021. This year it will run on December 2nd and December 3rd in Miami.
The MSPF collaborates with the HistoryMiami Museum. It is held during Art Basel Week in Miami. Started in 2012, there have been 8 live festivals plus one virtual festival in 2020.
In 2019 it was a four-day festival. It was the bargain of the year. A four-day pass was $20 which included the closing reception. A one-day pass was $10. If you registered early, it was free. I do not what the cost will be this year, but we all know everything is more expensive. What is not a bargain is the cost of accommodations in Miami. In 2019, I shared an Air B&B accommodation with a friend and the family that owned it. It was a little bit weird, but it was conveniently located and a comparative bargain.
To get an idea of the activities at MSPF, I suggest you go to this link to the 2019 Schedule of Events. Obviously, a two-day festival will be quite different from the four-day festival in 2019.
I also wrote two blogs about my experience at the 2019 festival. They will give you my “down home” impression of the festival. You can read them at The Miami Street Photography Festival - Part 1 and The Miami Street Photography Festival - Part 2.
In addition to the December Festival, during the year MSPF offers worldwide street photography workshops and exhibitions. This year the workshops offered were led by Mary Meisler, Vineet Vohra, Bruce Gilden (all held in the U.S.). Upcoming workshops are scheduled with Nikos Economopoulis (Mexico), Boogie (U.S.) and Rui Palha (Lisbon/Porto).
There will be an international gallery exhibition in Miami during the festival. Submissions are being accepted now through October 20, 2022. You can find a link for submissions at the Miami Street Photography Festival website. You can also see the photos of the finalists and winners from 2012-2020.