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Festival Season 2025

Photographs from my 2025 festival season in Switzerland, a more uneven year shaped by new clients, changing equipment, some analogue experiments and a faster way of delivering photographs during events.

Type: Gallery
Location: Switzerland
Project: 2025
Published: 14 August 2026

The 2025 season actually started a little before the year itself. Towards the end of 2024, I received a few assignments from Kaufleuten in Zurich, and that collaboration continued into the beginning of 2025. Working there felt like another step forward for me, especially because Kaufleuten has been such an established part of Zurich’s cultural and nightlife scene for a long time.

The collaboration was mainly limited to the beginning of the year. Later, right around the time the festival season was really about to get going, I left to walk the Camino de Santiago, one of the biggest adventures of my life. I missed a few events in May because of it, and when I came back it took me some time to get back into the rhythm of photographing festivals again. I had expected this to some extent, so I didn’t go into the season with particularly big expectations. Mostly, I just wanted to continue where I had left off in 2024.

Technically, there wasn’t a big change in my equipment. As an experiment, however, I also started bringing an analogue camera to festivals this year. The results still leave quite a bit of room for improvement, but I would like to continue exploring this direction in the future.

One bigger change was the way I worked for clients during an event. Until then I had never really delivered finished photographs while I was still on location. In 2025 I realised how useful it can be for clients to have good-quality photographs they can share on social media immediately, so I started selecting and quickly processing a small number of images on site.

It makes an already busy job noticeably more intense, because suddenly I’m photographing, selecting and editing at the same time. But I feel that it significantly improved the quality of the service I could offer.

Overall, 2025 was much more uneven for me than the first two seasons. There were events where I came home really happy and satisfied with what I had made, and others where I felt almost the opposite. Strangely enough, this rarely seemed to have much to do with how satisfied the client was.

This gallery is a collection of photographs from that 2025 festival season.

A curly-haired man wearing headphones and a patterned black t-shirt raises his arm at an outdoor festival, framed by out-of-focus crowd members in the foreground.

A crowd of people under intense red concert lighting, with a man with curly hair and a man wearing a cap standing out in the center.

A man with curly hair looks out from behind over a crowded festival dance floor toward a tall, red-lit observation tower at night.

A man with curly hair wearing headphones stands at a DJ mixer before a large crowd under red stage lighting.

A dimly lit club filled with a crowd under red stage lighting, featuring a man with curly hair standing near the center among people.

A crowd of people with raised hands dance under red stage lighting and crossing beams of light.

A man wearing tinted glasses and a red t-shirt with a dog graphic operates a DJ mixer under warm artificial lighting.

Two men stand at a DJ booth outdoors at dusk, surrounded by a crowd raising their hands and recording on phones.

Two men standing behind a mixing console, with the man in the foreground wearing a red shirt featuring a white dog graphic and a cap.

A man with curly hair stands in front of a tall, illuminated tower at night, facing away from the camera before a crowd.

A bald man wearing sunglasses drinks from a glass bottle in outdoor lighting.

Two men standing behind a mixing console on a stage under warm stage lighting, with one man raising his arm amidst a crowd.

Two men behind a mixing desk perform on stage under dark blue lighting, viewed from a crowd with raised hands and a glowing smartphone.

A man wearing red-tinted sunglasses and a woman with blonde hair and patterned sunglasses stand close together in a crowded setting.

A crowd of people with raised hands dancing outdoors under bright natural daylight with a distant lake and hills in the background.

A person holds up a glass bottle with a dark blue label outdoors under natural daylight, wearing a light blue wristband printed with "THE POOL".

A fisheye, motion-blurred view of a crowd with raised hands under bright daylight.

High-angle aerial view of a crowded outdoor festival terrace next to a large building during late afternoon sunlight, with a valley visible in the background.

High-angle view of a large crowd gathered outdoors at a daytime festival, facing a raised DJ booth flanked by large speakers with a hilly landscape in the background.

A crowd of people dancing outdoors at a festival under red lighting and stage lights at night.

High-angle view of a crowded outdoor festival crowd facing a DJ booth flanked by large speaker stacks and stage lights cutting through smoke.

Two men standing behind a mixing desk at a concert, framed by blurred silhouettes of hands and heads in the foreground under bright stage lighting.

Fisheye shot of a dense crowd of people outdoors under bright daylight, with four women in the foreground posing for a selfie.

Two men stand behind a mixing console amid an outdoor crowd at night, with one raising his hand in a rock gesture under stage lighting.

A crowd of people dances outdoors at an evening festival, illuminated by bright stage spotlights cutting through the dusk sky.

A man in a red T-shirt and a man with curly hair stand behind a DJ setup under intense red stage lighting amid a crowd.

An overhead shot shows a crowd gathered around a central DJ booth with two men performing, captured with a radial motion blur effect.

A man wearing headphones, a baseball cap, and a red shirt with a white dog graphic stands before a large crowd under red lighting.

Dutch angle night shot of a blurred crowd dancing under bright stage lights and red architectural structures at Festival Season 2025.

A man with curly hair and headphones around his neck stands behind a DJ mixing console under red stage lighting.

A man stands in the foreground at a DJ mixing console, with other people operating equipment in the background under nighttime stage lighting.

A crowded outdoor terrace filled with women and men socializing under a fabric canopy and woven pendant lamps.

Two men stand behind a DJ mixer at night, captured with flash and long exposure light trails.

People stand on a paved terrace beneath a large metal lookout tower, framed by a curved sign reading Naturklang under bright daylight.

Two men behind a DJ booth perform at a festival under stage lights, framed by blurred silhouetted crowd members in the foreground.

High-angle view of two men DJing from a booth, facing a dense, motion-blurred crowd under red and yellow stage lights.

A woman holds up a branded cup with both hands, shaping her fingers into a heart above it against a backdrop of warm bokeh lights.

A woman holds a smartphone vertically, recording video of a festival stage and crowd displayed on the screen against a blurred background.

A man wearing a black cap, headphones around his neck, and dark shirt is viewed from behind in red-toned lighting with blurred foreground lights.

A man wearing headphones and a cap looks down in warm red lighting, framed by blurred foreground figures.

A man wearing a cap and headphones gestures toward a crowd under glowing overhead lights.

Two smiling women holding beverage cans in a crowded indoor venue illuminated by red lights and an overhead circular light installation.

A woman in a security jacket stands on cobblestones, facing a crowded outdoor event lit by string lights under a fisheye lens.

A close-up view of a group of young men and women smiling and holding cups in a brightly lit indoor venue.

A large crowd of men and women faces an outdoor stage illuminated by warm red lights in front of a rustic brick building.

A man wearing a cap, sunglasses, and white shirt stands behind a rustic wooden DJ booth under red stage lights, viewed through overhanging foliage.

A disco ball hangs where a head would be above a jacket on a hanger, with clothing racks and a poster in the background.

A woman leans her head against a man holding up a black t-shirt with the text The Godfather, under red stage lighting.

A woman stands facing a large outdoor crowd at a festival, raising both arms in the air from a stage.

Two women wearing wide-brimmed hats stand behind a DJ mixer in a dimly lit club, facing a crowded dance floor illuminated by candles.

A woman stands behind a DJ booth under blue stage lights, facing a crowded club with candles lining the booth foreground.

Two women wearing black hats stand behind a DJ console, raising their arms before a large crowd in a dark venue lit by candles and red lights.

Monochrome, grainy analog photograph of two men DJing from behind the booth at an outdoor festival, with a thick plume of smoke rising on the left and a crowd visible in the background under string lights.

Monochrome analog photograph of two men standing behind a mixing desk facing a crowd under string lights outdoors.

Monochrome, grainy analog photograph of two men DJing at an outdoor festival setup.

A man wearing a cap and headphones plays music on a DJ mixer while another man stands behind him at a festival.

A crowded festival crowd holding up smartphones to record a stage under a glowing tent roof at night.

Two women pose outdoors at night, each standing on a black drum and holding drinks while making kissing faces toward the camera.

A man wearing a cap, glasses, and a dark printed t-shirt with headphones around his neck stands in warm lighting, with another person partially visible in the background.

A man in a white t-shirt and cap stands in the foreground, while another man behind him in a dark cap points toward him.

A crowded festival crowd with raised hands and phones filming a man performing under a canopy at dusk.

A large crowd gathers under a festival canopy in front of an elevated stage, with people holding up phones to capture the performance.

A woman wearing orange tinted sunglasses stands out from the blurry crowd in natural outdoor lighting.

A man in a graphic t-shirt and cap stands with outstretched arms behind a mixing console, set against a backdrop of bright stage lights and a crowd.

A man in a baseball cap points forward in a sunlit outdoor crowd, with other people standing nearby.

A man wearing a cap and dark graphic t-shirt operates a mixing console outdoors in natural light.

A man stands behind a mixing console under red stage lights, raising his fist as a crowd dances nearby.

A man wearing a straw hat and a light blue shirt plays a drum outdoors near a crowd in a hazy, sunlit setting.

A woman wearing a blue crop top and black sweatpants dances outdoors at a festival, holding a can in her hand while a man dances behind her.

A bald man stands behind a DJ mixer on an outdoor stage, raising one finger while facing a large crowd gathered by a body of water under hazy daylight.

A bald man with tattooed arms wearing a black t-shirt operates a DJ mixing console outdoors.

A man stands behind a stage booth with outstretched arms beneath bright stage lights and smoke, with the sign Naturklang overhead and a crowd watching below.

A bald man wearing a black t-shirt raises his arm while operating a mixing console at a festival, with attendees and a photographer in the background.

A crowded nightclub lit by red ambient light, with decorative mosaic lamps hanging above a DJ booth where a man mixes music.

A man wearing a reflective jumpsuit and helmet faces away from the camera, overlooking a crowded indoor venue illuminated by orange stage lighting.

A man in a shiny silver spacesuit and glowing helmet stands on a dimly lit club stage holding a lit prop, surrounded by a crowd.

A man DJs at a club console beneath a cluster of hanging mosaic lamps as a crowd dances under red ceiling drapery.

A large crowd of people gathers in a dimly lit, red-toned concert venue beneath a circular overhead rig and paper lanterns.

A man stands behind a mixing console in a dimly lit club, with a large sculptural head suspended above and people dancing in the background under warm stage lighting.

A crowded night club illuminated in blue light, featuring the word TRIBE suspended in large letters above the dance floor.

A crowded nightclub lit entirely in red with a large disco ball suspended beneath an intricate overhead lighting rig.

A large crowd fills a warm, orange-lit club beneath a massive circular light installation and a hanging disco ball at Kaufleuten 2025.

Crowd in a dimly lit club with red illumination, a large disco ball, and raised arms in the foreground.

A crowded nightclub beneath a large circular ring of vertical red lights and a central disco ball, illuminated by red and blue stage lighting.

A crowded dance floor beneath a large disco ball and circular glowing light installations at Kaufleuten 2025.

A woman wearing a mask and harness poses inside a cage under red lighting at Kaufleuten 2025.

A man stands behind a DJ booth overlooking a packed nightclub crowd beneath a large circular cluster of vertical tube lights and a disco ball.

A woman wearing a mask, harness, and fishnet stockings poses inside a cage illuminated by red light at Kaufleuten.

A woman wearing a mask and fishnet stockings stands behind vertical red-lit bars, facing a crowd in a dimly lit club at Kaufleuten 2025.

A man stands behind a DJ mixing console in a dimly lit club with a crowd and red neon signs in the background.

A man stands behind a DJ mixing console under strong red club lighting, with a cheering crowd and glowing heart decorations in the background.

A man behind a DJ mixing console under red and white stage lights, with a crowd visible in the hazy background.

A man wearing a patterned jacket stands behind a DJ mixer, performing under intense red stage lighting and glowing heart-shaped neon signs.

A man stands behind a mixing console in front of a large screen displaying glowing patterns, raising one arm in the air.

A man stands behind a DJ booth on stage raising his hand, framed by large vertical plumes of smoke and silhouetted concertgoers in the foreground.

A man stands behind audio mixing equipment, operating a controller with his hands in a brightly lit indoor venue.

Behind the camera

Dávid Hosszú

Monochrome studio portrait of a man with a beard and hair tied in a bun, looking downward against a plain background.

I approach long-term projects as open studies of identity, place, and human experience. I’m curious about the patterns we share and the details that make us unique, the way expressions, posture, environment, and movement can tell parts of our stories.

My work combines observation, technical experimentation, and a genuine interest in the people and contexts I photograph. Whether I’m working with portraits or with the surrounding world, I try to create images that are both aesthetically refined and connected to simple questions with complex answers: Where do we come from? How do we shape each other? And what traces do we leave behind?

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