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[email protected] +44 (0)20 7087 9300 www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk The Photographers' Gallery was founded in London’s Covent Garden in 1971 and was the first public gallery in the UK dedicated to the medium. Over the years it has introduced such international photographers as Juergen Teller, Robert Capa, Sebastião Salgado, Andreas Gursky and Taryn Simon to British audiences, whilst championing the work of home based practitioners including Martin Parr, Zineb Sedira, Nick Knight and Corinne Day. �

In May 2012, after an ambitious two-year redevelopment to offer new and enhanced spaces for exhibitions, learning, retail and social activities, The Photographers’ Gallery re-opened in its new home in Ramillies Street, Soho, London. It continues to present a diverse and critically acclaimed public-programme of exhibitions, events, talks, workshops and courses that encourage deeper engagement with, and learning through the photographic medium.

Discover the iconic works of William Eggleston through special guided tours of the exhibition! Pioneer of colour photogr...
22/10/2026

Discover the iconic works of William Eggleston through special guided tours of the exhibition!

Pioneer of colour photography, William Eggleston (b.1939, Memphis, USA) is renowned for combining everyday observation with an intuitive sense of colour and composition. William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed brings together many of his iconic works, alongside lesser-known images.

💥 Exhibition Tour | William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed
Thursday 26 November 2026, 18:30-19:15⁠

💥 Exhibition Tour | William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed
Thursday 4 February 2027, 18:30-19:15⁠

💥 BSL* Exhibition Tour | William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed⁠
Thursday 11 February 2027, 18:30-19:15⁠
*Tour will be in British Sign Language

Tour is included with general admission ticket. Head to our website to book your ticket now!

The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize returns in 2027! Before we reveal the 2027 artists later this month, we ...
21/10/2026

The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize returns in 2027! Before we reveal the 2027 artists later this month, we asked the jury what excites them about the shortlist...

Artist Laia Abril works across photography, writing, video and sound.

“This year’s shortlist offers a compelling portrait of photography today, bringing together artists who push the medium through its material and conceptual possibilities….reminding us that the photographic image is never neutral. “

Damarice Amao is curator for the photography collection department at the MNAM-Centre Pompidou, Paris.

“The shortlist is an excellent reflection of our contemporary concerns, both in terms of form and the urgency to describe and make sense of the instability of reality.”

Artist and editor, Verónica Fieiras is the founder of the independent publishing houses Riot Books and Chaco.

"The selected artists bend the edges of photography and representation, expanding the image into the realm of the sensory and the experiential."

Anne-Marie Beckmann is the Director of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.

“From photographic archives to radical contemporary experiments, the 2027 shortlist proves how urgently photography speaks to our times. “

Shoair Mavlian is Director of The Photographers' Gallery.

“The shortlist excites me every year! The 2027 artists reflect the expansive range and power of photography today.”

Watch this space to be the first to find out the 2027 shortlisted artists later this month!

This Thursday, join award-winning photojournalist Carol Allen-Storey as she presents her new publication Defying the Myt...
20/10/2026

This Thursday, join award-winning photojournalist Carol Allen-Storey as she presents her new publication Defying the Myth (published by ), in our Cafe Bar!

Defying the Myth is a decade-long collaboration between the photographer and the single mothers, raising children with lifelong disabilities through photographs, drawings, poems, and intimate testimonies in the families' own words.

The book shines a light on the struggles, and triumphs of three single mothers raising children with severe disabilities. This project is more than just a story of survival—it is a testament to love, creativity, and hope.

Carol will be in conversation with our director, Shoair Mavlian, as well as the women featured in the book, exploring how we see disability - and whether storytelling can change how these lives are understood. The talk will be followed by signings in the shop.

Break the set rules of the machine in this new photobooth workshop led by artist Jenny Lewis on 17 November! Making use...
19/10/2026

Break the set rules of the machine in this new photobooth workshop led by artist Jenny Lewis on 17 November!

Making use of the .london photobooth at The Photographers' Gallery, you will be creating self-portraits that disrupt or disguise a typical portrait photograph.

The photobooth is a perfect collaborator, glitching and arbitrarily malfunctioning, reflecting the unreliable portraits it captures. It has the potential to disturb the space between the lens and the subject, encouraging a disregard of the focal range, creating abstracted portraits and the promise of impermanence.

A series of props will be available and we also encourage you to bring your own props!

Visit our website to book your place on the workshop now!

https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/photobooth-workshop-disrupted-portraits

16/10/2026

William Eggleston (b.1939, Memphis, USA) is a pioneer of colour photography and is renowned for combining everyday observation with an intuitive sense of colour and composition.

William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed is a new exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery bringing together many of his iconic works, alongside lesser-known images. Marking the 50th anniversary of William Eggleston's landmark exhibition and book William Eggleston's Guide (1976), this exhibition offers a fresh perspective on one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century!

Visit our website to book your exhibition tickets now!

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William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed is organised by The Photographers’ Gallery, in partnership with the Wilson Centre for Photography

15/10/2026

One of West Africa’s most prolific photographers, Sanlé Sory (b.1943, Burkina Faso) took an estimated million portraits, over six decades, showing the profound social and political changes in Burkina Faso. Colour Years captures a lesser-known chapter of his career.

Exhibition curator Taous Dahmani will be hosting informal tours of Sanlé Sory: Colour Years over the course of the season, where audiences can find out more about Sanlé Sory and his work.

💥Exhibition Tour | Sanlé Sory: Colour Years
Saturday 31 October 2026, 11:00 - 11:45

💥Exhibition Tour | Sanlé Sory: Colour Years
Thursday 21 January 2027, 18:30-19:15

Tour is included with general admission ticket. Head to our website to book your ticket now!

New exhibitions now open | 14 October 2026 - 21 February 2027We’re injecting colour and experimentation into our gallery...
14/10/2026

New exhibitions now open | 14 October 2026 - 21 February 2027

We’re injecting colour and experimentation into our gallery this season with three new exhibitions that showcase colour photography at its best, dynamic West African photography and the history of children photographers! Visit our website to book your tickets now!

🎨 William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed - Celebrating 50 years since William Eggleston’s Guide (1976) this major exhibition showcases iconic and rarely seen dye transfer prints by an American pioneer of colour photography.

William Eggleston: All That Goes Unnoticed is organised by The Photographers’ Gallery, in partnership with the Wilson Centre for Photography.

🖼️Sanlé Sory: Colour Years – Better known for his black-and-white studio photography of the 1960s and 70s, Sanlé Sory started producing colour portraits in his Volta Photo studio in the mid-1980s. This exhibition brings together Sanlé Sory’s rarely seen colour photographs for the first time in the UK capturing daily life, youth culture and fashion in Burkina Faso.

Sanlé Sory: Colour Years is curated by Taous Dahmani, Curator at The Photographers' Gallery, and produced by The Photographers' Gallery. With thanks to Florent Mazzoleni and the Sanlé Sory Archive for the generous loan of the works and to Sanlé Sory for his collaboration. ⁠

📸 Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographers – Through photographs and archives, Snap Happy! celebrates the creativity, curiosity and distinctive perspectives of generations of young photographers.

Snap Happy! is curated by Annebella Pollen, Professor of Visual and Material Culture at University of Brighton, UK, where she researches undervalued archives and untold stories in art and design history. ⁠Whippersnappers: How Children Became Photographers by Annebella Pollen will be published in September by Four Corners Books.

In a special artist talk, join us on Thursday 5 November and hear directly from pioneering photographer Charlie Phillips...
12/10/2026

In a special artist talk, join us on Thursday 5 November and hear directly from pioneering photographer Charlie Phillips about his work documenting the West Indian community in London, across the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Charlie Phillips and Paul Goodwin will be in conversation at The Photographers' Gallery, chaired by Isaac Huxtable, to celebrate Charlie’s long-awaited retrospective publication, A Grassroots Legacy – 1962–2010.

The book brings together Phillips’ era-defining street photography, from musicians, street life, parties and families to British Caribbean funerals and cultural traditions. His photographs capture a changing London and Britain, offering an intimate record of the people, communities and places around him. Together, the conversation will explore Charlie’s approach to documenting community, culture and everyday life, and the lasting importance of this work.

Book your tickets for the talk on our website now!

A Grassroots Legacy – 1962-2010 is available to buy from the now!



https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/artist-talk-charlie-phillips

Our Print Sales Gallery exhibition, Roots features eight artists, explores trees, memory, cultural heritage and belongin...
09/10/2026

Our Print Sales Gallery exhibition, Roots features eight artists, explores trees, memory, cultural heritage and belonging through photography and mixed media across global landscapes.

Paul Cupido’s (b.1972. The Netherlands) photographic practice centres on the search for beauty in the ephemerality of life. His affinity for the natural world was shaped by a childhood spent on the Dutch island of Terschelling, and continues to inform his exploration of impermanence and fleetingness through the changing seasons, and the cycles of the moon. For this exhibition, Cupido returned to Terschelling earlier this year to photograph the trees that have long been part of his connection to the island. .cupido

Julie Cockburn (b. 1966, UK) is renowned for her creative re-imagining of found objects and vintage photographs, embellishing the originals through carefully applied embroidery, montage or ceramics. Her inventive reconfigurations result in meticulously crafted contemporary artworks, aiming to add another chapter to its story and continue its journey.

In Gohar Dashti’s (b. 1980, Iran) recent series, Cypress, Dashti depicts the enduring power of the cypress tree using delicate silver and gold leaf, combined with Polaroids and transparent photographs. Drawing on the cypress’s significance in Persian culture and literature, Dashti explores its symbolism of resilience, freedom, and eternity. The cypress stands as a witness to resilience and heritage - a symbol of the stories, values, and traditions that shape her practice.

Visit 'Roots' in the Print Sales Gallery on display now until 15 November!

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