Aerial photo of the Shard and Thames at night. — © Vincent Laforet - AIR

Photography in London

Get snap happy with our guide to London photography news, features, galleries and more

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Wednesday 13 March 2019

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Addicted to Instagram or permanently attached to your SLR? For photography fans, London's got plenty to get excited about. Keep up to date with the latest exhibition reviews, discover the best photography galleries to visit and see how just how good looking London is when captured in the lens. And if you're looking for inspiration, see the Top 40 Photos of London ever taken.

With our guide to the best photography London has to offer, you'll be on track in a flash.

Must-see London photography exhibitions

Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2023

3 out of 5 stars

Ideas of Black identity dominate the annual Deutsche Börse Prize show this year. Three of the four finalists use photography and photographic imagery to...

SohoUntil 11 Jun 2023

‘A Hard Man Is Good To Find!’

3 out of 5 stars

Porn is everywhere, just a click away, as freely available as celeb gossip and pictures of your friends’ lunch. But until 1967, any representation...

SohoUntil 11 Jun 2023

‘Ukraine: Photographs from the Frontline’

4 out of 5 stars

We think we know what war looks like. And no conflict in history has been as constantly visually documented as the Russian invasion of Ukraine; you can...

LambethUntil 8 May 2023

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Now in its fifty-eighth year, the renowned and celebrated annual wildlife photography competition exhibition returns to the Natural History Museum with images...

South KensingtonUntil 23 Jul 2023

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The latest London photography features

In pictures: the Travellers who live under the Westway

Stable Way has been a designated Traveller site since 1976, and now houses around 20 Irish Traveller families.

This London photographer documents life on the Bakerloo line

Most of us barely register the tube trains or stations we pass through every day, but for London photographer (and former graffiti artist) Harry F Conway,...

12 amazing photos of London’s lost landmarks

We take a look at the stories behind the city’s vanished landmarks

Ten amazing archive photos of London by Roger Mayne

Why did a young photographer spend five years obsessively photographing a single street in west London?

Find London's photography galleries

Photographers' Gallery

4 out of 5 stars

The Photographers' Gallery's six-storey premises on Ramillies Street has reopened after a full facelift. Original plans for the new site were for a striking,...