DIHP will be accepting a total of 10 Freelance Photographers each week for its 2023/2024 season. A maximum of eight of the 10 passes will be season passes.

Season pass applications have closed. Applications for weekly passes for National Sunshine Series and Desert Holiday will be available on September 15 and will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. Applications for weekly passes for Desert circuit will open on October 1 and will be accepted in the same fashion.

A weekly pass is $850 per photographer and is limited to one photographer. A 14-week season pass is $11,900 (or $10,200 if a photographer opts into the DIHP Content Collaboration Program). Season-pass holders will be permitted to bring a second shooter.

Payment for season passes must be made in full by October 15, 2023, or the photographer will lose his or her spot in the Freelance Photographer queue. Payment for individual weekly passes must be made in full prior to the start of each show week in which the freelance photographer is attending. 

Send any questions to tori@deserthorsepark.com.